Category: Software
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Tempest: The 3D Web Player That Transforms Music into an Immersive Visual Experience
Imagine being able to see the music you listen to. Not just hear it, but watch it dance in three-dimensional space, pulse with the bass, explode in colour when the chorus hits. Tempest is an online music visualiser that transforms every track into an interactive audiovisual experience, freely accessible directly from your browser. What is…
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BOMBRIS: When AI Meets Retro Gaming — An Experiment with Claude Sonnet 4.0
In other words… How I built a complete game in less than 48 hours using Claude Code and the most advanced AI from Anthropic The Experiment: From Idea to Working Game in 2 Days Ever wondered what a programmer can create in collaboration with today’s most advanced AI? The answer is BOMBRIS — an explosive…
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From Windows to Arch Linux: Chronicles of a Migration
My background in the IT industry has always fuelled a deep interest in open source systems. Despite this, migrating my personal PC from Windows to Linux was a decision I had kept putting off. I ran tests and lab work on external Linux servers — online VMs or home Raspberry Pis. The reasons for not…
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Matrix Synapse: Building Your Own Decentralized Communication Platform
Have you ever wanted to take back control of your online conversations, away from the large centralised platforms that collect your data? If the answer is yes, you’re in the right place. Today we explore Matrix, an open and decentralised protocol for real-time communication, and walk you step by step through installing Synapse, the reference…
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Gaming on Linux: Now Is the Right Time to Switch
Gaming on Linux: a revolution in progress For gamers, switching to Linux has always been a rather daunting prospect. The Wine project — which allows games built for Windows to run on Linux — has made incredible progress over the years. However, the level of difficulty and complexity has been a significant barrier for the…
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Playnite: Your Unified Game Library, Without Limits
You know that feeling of disorientation when, seized by the sudden urge to play The Witcher 3, you find yourself wandering through endless tabs of Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and Ubisoft Connect without remembering which platform you bought it on? Or that primordial frustration when, craving a nostalgic dive into Monkey Island, you have…