Nels Anderson

Nels Anderson

@nelsanderson.zone

Founded Sonderlust, helped design Firewatch, lead designer on Mark of the Ninja, and the only Canadian game developer born & raised in Wyoming. https://sonderlust.horse/

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Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

The idea that anyone would be stupid enough to become reliant on services that are GUARENTEED to be enshittified to the point where you're paying OpenAI/Anthropic like it's 2002 and you have 45 nights & weekends minutes per month is utterly beyond comprehension to me.

Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

These companies are the most money-losing endeavours in ALL HUMAN HISTORY. It is impossible for them to keep losing this much money forever. You think they're going to give a shit when some smooth-brained vibe coder racks up a $17,000 token bill in a month? THAT'S THEIR WHOLE FUCKING PLAN.

Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

Genuinely, even if one could somehow see past the rapacious environmental damage, rampant IP theft, these services LITERALLY coaching children on how to commit school shootings and countless other moral failings - each large enough to blot out the sun - it's still a shit product

Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

Yupppp, it's real bad! And why claims of multiplied productivity are profoundly unreliable- the gambler always says he's on a hot streak too. (on top of self-reporting being the least accurate form of actual evidence in generally, across basically every domain) www.fast.ai/posts/2026-0...

fast.aiBreaking the Spell of Vibe Coding – fast.aiSinister variations on the positive state of flow
michael lutz@ztul.bsky.social

I'm sure it's good that over the past several days I have seen multiple vibecoding people say their individual versions of "yeah this is like playing a slot machine for me and I find it hard to stop and I love that actually"

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@brokentoys.social

I didn’t know the WSJ was posting Crusader Kings guides

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors
@copevancouver.bsky.social

You can vote TODAY at any of 59 voting locations across Vancouver. Polls are open until 8 pm. We need a high voter turnout to defeat Ken Sim and ABC. If you've already voted, tell a friend - and sign up to volunteer with COPE to get the vote out. We got this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caVancouver smashes single-day early voting turnout record with over 25K ballots cast | CBC NewsVancouver voters looking to turn in an advance ballot in the municipal election set a new record on Wednesday.
Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

I have become a complete Vivaldi sicko after switching earlier this year and you should too! Desktop and mobile are both excellent.

Vivaldi Browser@vivaldi.com

Hello there, may I interest you in switching to a European web browser that has: ❌ Zero AI slop. ❌ Zero tracking. ❌ Zero external investors. 🤩 Endless ways to customize your setup. 🤩 Tons of powerful features. Oh, and it's an employee-owned alternative to the Big Tech giants. Welcome over!

Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

Similarly, I wrote a guide to how you/your team can be rid of other various enshittified US software/services too: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d... (fully inspired by this very good guide from @parismarx.com, which has even more recs specifically for individuals- disconnect.blog/getting-off-...)

nelsanderson.zoneA Guide to Ditching US Tech (for Game Developers)This post is based on a guide from Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, author of one excellent book and upcoming (likely also excellent) book last updated October 7th, 2026 At this point, it's c...

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Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘🏹🔪
@npurkeypile.bsky.social

I’m a solo dev (worked on Fallout) and just opened the STEAM PLAYTEST for my roguelike inspired by iconic ’80s horror flicks you are the HORROR VILLAIN stalk your victims use stealth & disguises turn everyday objects into weapons playtest is solo but co-op coming GONE FERAL

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Benjamin is ... making a game
@benjaminlistwon.com

Let me get this straight, a company and CEO whose entire fortune is based on ignoring consent and sharing private information publicly has made yet another product that does so? Color me shocked!

AppleInsider@appleinsider.com

In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.

appleinsider.comMeta's new AI agent blatantly ignores users permissionsIn a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.

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聖☆Alex Degen
@adactivity.bsky.social

AI billionaire: I'm pissing and shitting myself right now. There are 4 people on staff that need to clean me. The future is pissing and shitting yourself and crashing your car Ezra Klein: Wow!

Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

Every single person who reads this should be incandescent with rage. Sam Altman shouldn't know one single day of peace for the rest of his entirely fucking life.

Paris Marx@parismarx.com

Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.

motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

There's a much clearer, succinct and honest way for any media outlets to report on this- "OpenAI created malware that illegally access Australian government health data." Creating malware through incompetence rather than intent does not make it any less malware.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product

Nels Anderson
@nelsanderson.zone

Every time some studio head says something that makes you think, "Wow, they sound like an asshole" it's never just that. There's always an even more terrible second act, e.g. boasting they "Finally made this out of a meeting room... where we all watch porn together."

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social

Wardogs lead says the studio won't hire people who decry crunch on social media

gamedeveloper.comWardogs lead says the studio won't hire people who decry crunch on social media'If you care about the work you’re making and the result of what you make here, you’ll feel really valued. If you don’t, you will feel slave-driven.'
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Robin-Yann Storm@rystorm.com

Miro just got acquired, I wonder what the new company will do. "often increasing revenue and lowering expenses (including by reducing headcount). The company employs full-stack developers to rewrite acquired codebases using artificial intelligence" Ah ...ah.