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Muse Spark – Meta Superintelligence Labs

snowman647 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:05:54 +0000

https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-msl/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47692102

Points: 191

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Ask HN: Ex-FAANG dev managers, what's next?

snowman647 — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:57:33 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37393535

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by snowman647 in "Ask HN: Product Management Insights (software development)"

snowman647 — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 22:18:36 +0000

Not sure I have exact answer to your question but here are some tips: https://mitrapunk.com/the-essential-transition-from-develope...

New comment by snowman647 in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

snowman647 — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 22:13:57 +0000

Blog about engineering management and building game around it. Also, touching speculative ideas about future of tech and games.

https://mitrapunk.com/

New comment by snowman647 in "[dead]"

snowman647 — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:21:27 +0000

The experience of having a project in production will teach you valuable lessons that can give you a head start over 95% of new software developers.

New comment by snowman647 in "Valve is not willing to publish games with AI generated content anymore?"

snowman647 — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:40:42 +0000

That's the wrong path, soon Internet for 90%++ will be mixed with AI. Btw - What if I write my game using Chat-GPT?

I build game about Software Development Culture

snowman647 — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:09:36 +0000

Article URL: https://mitrapunk.com/tech-believes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36498710

Points: 2

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New comment by snowman647 in "Learn, Grow, and Thrive: The Transformative Power of Play [video]"

snowman647 — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:47:14 +0000

I'm very happy to meet this point of view. I'm currently working as Engineering Manager in one of the biggest corporations, this is a whole new world of challenges and a place where products you use every day are build.

I'm building a game that will represent my job in game form with all the important aspects of doing this work. As you mentioned in the talk, It will be a playground to safely explore what needs to be done to be a good manager and what you have to know about it for transition from engineers to manager. Ambitious goal for future is actually to emulate the corporation.

https://mitrapunk.com/about/

So, I support the idea that games are medium for people grow and I'm betting on this with my project.

New comment by snowman647 in "Ask HN: What are you working on this weekend?"

snowman647 — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 15:14:48 +0000

I'm transforming my career as an Engineering Manager into an indie game. I think I can convey several important concepts from big tech to broader audience to enhance the software development industry. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436030?utm_campaign=hn2

Also, writing a blog about it in hope to gain a few more wishlisters https://mitrapunk.com/

New comment by snowman647 in "The curse of scalable technology"

snowman647 — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 20:14:38 +0000

This is mostly the trick - today you start pet project in python, in a year you need to scale it on 1M clients. No one knows anything about what is right technology as requirements change too quickly.

New comment by snowman647 in "Growing from engineer to manager"

snowman647 — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 15:55:04 +0000

I'm building a game about engineering management at FAANG that shows the spectrum of managerial role. Might be good to stop reading about managers but try it out, not sure everyone has opportunity to try it at work - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436030?utm_campaign=hn1

New comment by snowman647 in "Have you transformed your self acquired skills into a business that runs well?"

snowman647 — Mon, 29 May 2023 15:20:33 +0000

I have not yet, but I'm trying to transform my 20 years of exp in software development into a game about software development - https://devmanager.carrd.co Check in a year if that worked out.

New comment by snowman647 in "Ask HN: How do you keep yourself interested in coding as a career?"

snowman647 — Sun, 28 May 2023 22:07:38 +0000

I think at first you need some rest. Second, you need to accept that work cannot be interesting all the time. If that is a problem, consider moving to another project or role, not necessarily now. Different tasks and responsibilities often provide some entertainment.

I cannot say that I fully understand you, but I was in a similar situation many years ago, and I changed my role to engineering manager. However, I am currently feeling that it is not the most exciting thing too, so I have decided to make a game about my role to give more meaning to my work - https://devmanager.carrd.co/

I'm not sure if I answered your question, but maybe there are no good answers to your question.

New comment by snowman647 in "Ask HN: How to move from dev role to management/team lead role?"

snowman647 — Mon, 22 May 2023 10:36:23 +0000

I built a game about being a manager at FAANG - https://devmanager.carrd.co/

I'm working as a manager and transitioned to this role for the same reason you mentioned. However, I had been talking to my LM for some time, and he found an opportunity for me.

Simplest way for you to get one more mentee and form a team of 3. The next step is to add one more person to the team. Once your current team lead receives a promotion, you will be next in line for their role. That's the path I'd follow.