AksDev

Akseli Lahtinen

Hi, I'm Aks (Akseli Lahtinen) from Finland! I'm KDE dev by day and a hobbyist gamedev/FOSS-dev by night. I like metal, industrial and EBM music, and I love FPS, RPG and spacesim games. I also love tinkering with Linux systems.

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Updated my blog! Also news of Revontuli colorscheme

AksDev · 2y

Note: Old links to my site may not work anymore, due to change in the URL layout!! I tried to make a redirect for them however. Blog update I have finally updated my blog look...

AksDark: My colorscheme for KDE Plasma

AksDev · 2y

Hey all, just a simple blog post this time, I just wanted to showcase the colorscheme I have made for KDE Plasma and various text editors and such. Download I have been working...

How I report bugs

AksDev · 3y

As someone who has been doing test automation for past ~3,5 years (and desperately wanting out towards doing just development), I have done a lot of bug reports. Then I switched...

I blocked Hacker News and you can too

AksDev · 3y

No, not april fools. Hacker News is one of those websites where the commenters are often very angry people. Note, I said commenters not lurkers/passive browsers/link clickers....

My game was illegally uploaded on Steam

AksDev · 3y

Quick post for this time. Seems my game, Penance has been uploaded on Steam by someone who I don't know, completely without my permission. They're selling my free game and of...

FOSS communities: You don't need to yell

AksDev · 3y

This is kind of open letter I suppose. I've seen a lot of similar stuff happen in other projects too, like GNOME. So I wanted to write down what happened to me and my inbox...

My podcast tastes

AksDev · 3y

I just wanted to write this down since I've been talking a bit about podcasts on fediverse. I listen a lot of podcasts when gaming, it's kind of a way how I relax. Nothing like...

Pointless tribalism in FOSS

AksDev · 3y

Rant incoming. This isn't written that well but idgaf. I just need to get this out of my system. I really enjoy chatting in FOSS communities. KDE, Linux in general, other...

How to use Matrix

AksDev · 3y

As I've gotten more into FOSS, I've noticed a lot of FOSS projects, like KDE, use Matrix protocol. A protocol that lets you use any client you wish to chat with each other....

How to rotate an actor with Raylib without math knowledge

AksDev · 3y

Rotate what now? Aks, what are you talking about? I wanted to write down how I made the enemy characters in Artificial Rage rotate towards the player, since I couldn't find a...

I made outlines for KDE Breeze window decoration

AksDev · 3y

Window outlines! Yet another KDE contribution by yours truly! This was fun. Not easy at all, but fun. I'm pretty happy how they turned out. Breeze Dark Breeze Light I hope Nate...

I made my own PineTime watchface

AksDev · 3y

I have really enjoyed using my PineTime as a watch, so I really wanted to make my own watchface. I based it around the colors of my KDE Plasma theme. Here's what it looks like:...

Uploaded my themes to KDE Store

AksDev · 3y

Hey, just a quick post, I uploaded some themes I've made for Aurorae and Plasma to KDE store. They're simple themes that follow your colorscheme but are made for dark color...

I added some localization settings to KDE

AksDev · 3y

This was my biggest contribution so far! And it was a bit more involved than I expected, so I wanted to write down what I learned. Here's a screenshot: I added the settings...

Simple Arduino Temperature meter

AksDev · 3y

I decided it was time to dust off my Arduino starter kit I got like.. over 5 years ago? I had also bought a tiny AM2301 temperature and humidity meter, so why not combine that...

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