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Re:Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent ... on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:39AM (#48456948)
Built an Android app to streamline the messaging web-apps I use to stay in touch with some contacts. I already refrained from installing those services' apps due to privacy concerns. https://gitlab.com/not_john/palpipe
Re:Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking? on Thursday June 04, 2026 @11:59PM (#48407754)
This actually inspired me recently to create Pal Pipe for Android- https://gitlab.com/not_john/palpipe
Re:Bytecode VMs in surprising places (2024) on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @03:12AM (#48276199)
Lua became pretty popular to use in other games for the purposes of scripting, but no surprises there I guess.

Lesser known- games using Havok Physics may have used Havok's MOPP (a bytecode and interpreter for partitioning and searching the geometry).

https://github.com/niftools/nifxml/wiki/Havok-MOPP-Data-form...