Thoughts, tutorials, and completely believable expert opinions from Ian Langworth https://blog.langworth.com en-us https://blog.langworth.com/spacemolt https://blog.langworth.com/spacemolt Building a multiplayer online game with AI so that AI can play a multiplayer online game Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:00:00 GMT https://blog.langworth.com/in-memorium-richard-m-langworth https://blog.langworth.com/in-memorium-richard-m-langworth It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Richard M. Langworth, CBE, who died on February 20th, 2025, at the age of 83. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT https://blog.langworth.com/imposter-attack https://blog.langworth.com/imposter-attack The design and construction of "Imposter Attack," a custom interactive game with ESP32-powered infrared targets, creative lighting, sound effects, and an Among Us-themed designs Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT https://blog.langworth.com/push-to-deploy https://blog.langworth.com/push-to-deploy Despite choosing AWS for our product's infrastructure, I still wanted the high development velocity you get when using Heroku. Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:00:00 GMT https://blog.langworth.com/tech-eval https://blog.langworth.com/tech-eval In February of 2021 I was asked to do a technical evaluation for a startup. The team had 7-10 engineers but lacked senior technical leadership, and the investment team and CEO wanted to make sure they were on track. I've sent this to a few other fractional CTOs who found it helpful, and maybe you will, too. Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:00:00 GMT https://blog.langworth.com/vim3 https://blog.langworth.com/vim3 My earlier posts about using Vim were well received and it's about time for an update. I've been doing a lot more work with Vim lately and have spent some time configuring my workflow for peak efficiency, so here's a snapshot of my current state. Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:00:00 GMT https://blog.langworth.com/vim2 https://blog.langworth.com/vim2 What a response! The original "Vim After 11 Years" post was very popular, and it prompted a lot of good responses on Hacker News and Reddit which were peppered with useful tips and plugins I didn't know about. I compiled all of them along with some additional tips from friends and coworkers, then tried a lot of them out, and finally distilled it for you here. Enjoy! Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:00 GMT https://blog.langworth.com/vim https://blog.langworth.com/vim Fast forward eleven years. I've written many different languages and used Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, TextMate, and Flash Builder. I even used Emacs for a year just to see what I was missing. But when it was time to start a company I knew that an early priority would be to bang out code quickly, so I chose the best tool for the job. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:00:00 GMT https://blog.langworth.com/webgl-glge-game-part-1 https://blog.langworth.com/webgl-glge-game-part-1 This is a three-part monologue on how I built a WebGL game with very little experience in programming 2D graphics. In four days I was able to turn an idea into a game with cute ducks that my friends' 7-year-old daughter enjoyed. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT