Joel Auterson

Joel Auterson

Hello! My name's Joel and I'm a software developer. No, not that one.

I run a tiny indie game studio called Bearwaves. I'm also a published poet.

I'm part of the Rare Mammals collective, and am an alumnus of Southbank New Poets and Barbican Young Poets. I work in the games industry.

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All blog posts

· dev My favourite command-line tools

A friend got a MacBook recently and was asking for recommendations. I found myself wishing I had a list of all my default-installed command-line tools, so that’s what this is.

· games The games of 2024

I wrote this time last year that I hoped 2024 was a better year for the games industry - this has turned out not to be the case.

· web, indieweb, bluesky, essay Is Bluesky in the Fediverse?
And does it even really matter?
· essay, dev On not taking it personally
How do we navigate caring about our work when that work is, by nature, disposable?
· indieweb, dev, bridgy IndieWeb, 2024 edition

I’ve been running this website on IndieWeb principles and tech for over a year now, so I thought it was time for an updated edition.

· walks Deal to Dover

I have lived in England for over a decade but have yet to visit the famous cliffs. It’s Thursday, it’s sunny, I’ve nothing to do until my new job begins next week, so I get up early and hop on a train to the south coast.

· life New job smell

I had my last day at Emitwise yesterday, and now I’m in the odd liminal space that happens before I start my new job next week.

· 日本 All my Japan tips
I have been to Japan exactly once, so you should definitely listen to me.
· essay, writing You gotta do your prerolls

My pal Zach has this ritual when we play D&D - before we start, he rolls the D20. Over and over and over again.

· games The games of 2023

As many have written, 2023 was a great year for the games themselves and a pretty dire year for the industry and the people working in it. Let’s hope things improve in 2024.