Software Development Purgatory [TagStudio 9.5] YouTube video by CyanVoxel

Just went up! Thank you to everyone who came out for the premiere! youtu.be/U6-8Ty928tk

Screenshot of an upcoming YouTube video titled "Software Development Purgatory", featuring a broken TagStudio logo hovering above a melted clock.

Looks like I'll be able to say I've uploaded in 2025 after all...

New video premiering tomorrow at 10AM PST!

CyanVoxel's GitHub contribution graph, showing contributions on most days except for a conspicuous absence from around April to August of 2025.

The GitHub contribution graph is great at either making you feel:

"Oh congrats for keeping up with the status quo 👍"
or
"Hey you remember that time you got sucked into the v o i d ? 💀"

A screenshot of an application window showing various color swatches separated by named groups.

Forgot I should be posting project updates here, so here's a new dynamic color picker I've been working on for TagStudio!
These new "Neon" colors also show off an optional accent color used for borders and text. And yes, this system will be expanded to let users create their own colors/swatches!

With just about every piece of technology up until now, when it's not working correctly that is apparent to the user in some way.

The reason LLMs and today's versions of "AI" scare me is that users think they are working correctly even when they're putting out nonsense.

When it comes to #softwaredev, don't let your first project be your last.

But also don't let your first project be your first - it's gonna suck and you're gonna want to move on to the next one pretty quickly.

Ideally, let your first project actually be around your third to fifth project...

CyanVoxel Just a dude making stuff.

Hey there! 👋 My name's Travis, I create random (and sometimes useful) software and design projects while producing YouTube videos and Twitch streams following the chaos.

📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@cyanvoxel
📹 Twitch: www.twitch.tv/cyanvoxel (Thurs-Mon, 12PT)
🏷️ TagStudio: github.com/TagStudioDev...