Harley Hicks

Harley Hicks

@harley.hicks.house

Python/Golang software engineer, wannabe music critic. Always working on a side project. Currently building @soundchecking.bsky.social Keeps a curated list of absurd bug stories at https://500mile.email Writes sometimes at https://harley.hicks.house

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RIP Andy Williams. Hugely influential to the metal scene, and well respected in the AEW. You’ll be missed. Spinning these today. #everytimeidie

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To honor Tim Curry's memory, we are making Brütal Legend FREE on Itch.io, for 666 minutes: itch.io/s/199277/the...

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It was hard enough losing Dolly yesterday. ☹️ And now, we cry a sea of black tears for our very own Doviculus: The irreplaceable Tim Curry.  May these beloved legends rest well, as we carry their spirit forward~   🩷🖤

Really enjoyed playing this. Love the palette and the story. Finished in about 35 mins and missed one collectible. Planning on playing through again to find it.

My pico8 metroidvania is now out on Nintendo Switch! * 64x64 resolution * classic formula distilled to its core * every pixel placed with intention It is called Ascent DX, tell me what you think!

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli

Delaney King (In Yellow)@delaneyking.bsky.social

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli

Delaney King (In Yellow)@delaneyking.bsky.social

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

My new strategy is exclusively eating lettuce from Taco Bell because it’s the only place that actively swapped out the bad shit. I’ll report back in 2-14 days.

I’ve heard two people in the last week mention that they love going to baseball games mainly for the people-watching. This gives new meaning to the term “spectator sport”.

Been brewing this Luminous coffee this weekend. Smells and tastes like candy! Been awhile since I’ve had the funds to buy the good stuff. #coffeesky #luminous

“The past is not something fixed and unalterable. Its facts are rediscovered by every succeeding generation, its values reassessed, its meanings redefined in the context of present tastes and preoccupations.” - Aldous Huxley, Heaven and Hell

Bailey’s vibe is so good. Mine would be: - Nissan Pao - Ford Festiva - Also a Kei mini truck - 1st-gen (70’s) Honda Civic I like small vehicles. I would also convert any of these into an electric vehicle.

Mine would be - E30 - Geo metro hatchback - Kei mini truck - Nissan hardbody

I do think it’s ironic that we’ve built Son of Anton as a Service and carved out a trillion dollar market from it. This will end well. #siliconvalley

1/2 “History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, remitted to suit different people, shoved in a box under the sink of censorship to be cut up for the dusters of propaganda, yet it always—eventually—manages to spring back into its old familiar shape.”

2/2 “History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it. History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It’s been around a long time.” - Mort - Terry Pratchett

Me: Here’s a 45 minute playlist of songs from my favorite albums released over the last 4 months meticulously ordered from most chill to heaviest. Friend: Sick. *punches shuffle*

I’m playing Soul Blazer (SNES - 1992) and got stuck on a boss. I used YouTube to figure it out and realized YouTube is now your friend’s big brother who you watch for strategies.

The Neverending Book - Naoki Matayoshi and Shinsuke Yoshitake. Seriously good book. Like a pictures book for adults, yet still appropriate for kids. Some stories are a paragraph, and some are 10 pages. Some stories have deep morals and others a simple silly punchline. Highly recommend. #booksky

🧵 Tl;dr: I’m building @soundchecking.bsky.social ! I have been lamenting the slow death of one of my favorite services I use daily, Odesli (aka Songlink). They’ve recently dropped support for Spotify killing the use-case for sending music to friends on different services. #musicsky

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and made it damn near impossible to get an Extended account, requiring a business license and 250,000 monthly active users of your service. Odesli was purchased by Linktree some years ago, and Kurt Weiberth (the creator) moved on to a new project last year. It seems this is the end of Odesli.

🧵 Tl;dr: I’m building @soundchecking.bsky.social ! I have been lamenting the slow death of one of my favorite services I use daily, Odesli (aka Songlink). They’ve recently dropped support for Spotify killing the use-case for sending music to friends on different services. #musicsky

After doing some digging I believe it’s due to Spotify’s sweeping changes to their API which they’ve cited AI scraping as the concern. If you’re unaware, they’ve removed a huge amount of endpoints, greatly reduced the dev account usage while also gating it behind a Premium subscription,