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  • Gotta say, I love the idea behind this project, and it’s great you’re reaching out to this community here. I haven’t run it myself yet, but it looks great, and the feature list is massive.

    Couple questions really stopping somebody like myself from setting up an instance though.

    1. It’s not “just” a launcher, and it’s not quite a distribution platform. Is this mostly geared towards people playing the same game on multiple machines?

    2. It seems like this is setup as a Steam replacement, but only for a DRM-Free games, so why would you (as a creator) suggest I use this instead?

    3. This also seems like there’s a world in which this is set to be a decent game hosting platform. Plans?

    Thanks for showing up.










  • Well, apologies for being bluntly critical. I can offer a few constructive tips to help with writing about technical topics:

    • Try starting with a simple topic flow: topic -> synopsis/purpose of why you’re writing -> background -> observations -> point<>counterpoint loop to elaborate on purpose -> closing
    • Stay away from asserting your point in the title unless you’re showing definitive proof of something
    • Find ways to speak to who may find your writing useful towards the beginning. “If you have a similar problem like X…”, “People who use X may find…”, or “Anyone having similar X experience may find…”. Something like that.


  • Anytime you see anyone post something like “THIS Is How You Do The Thing”, it should automatically be ignored. This article is no exception.

    The author is making a big deal about a team of 40 people and “millions of customers”…k.

    Not sure if anyone is supposed to be impressed by that, but the titular argument here isn’t a position for a small team and product, it’s making the case that “ALL THINGS EVERYWHERE ARE TOO COMPLICATED IN PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS”, which is just an ignorant position to take.

    If this had come with some sort of metrics, tools, or workflow to back up the claim, then it would be worth reading. Nothing like that here. This is just an inexperienced person’s boasting rant with zero elaboration about what actually works for them, why, or suggestions for others facing some sort of similar situation.

    There is no content here, just time wasted.


  • Eh, not quite accurate. YouTube was battling DNS ad blocking in browsers. Took them awhile to push to mobile apps to try and do the same, and I still largely never see any YT ads across any of my devices just by using AdGuard in my network. TVs and media players are even further behind in updates of official YT apps that do so. Hell, if your smart TV or whatever isn’t getting regular updates, you may be set just by DNS blocking.