Kyle KukshtelInterview
Game developer, toolmaker
Adapted from Kyle Kukshtel's interview on Uses This, published 12 June 2024. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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I use AKG K240 headphones because that's what Adam Saltsman used back when he wrote a post similar to what I'm filling out now.
My iPhone 15 Pro Max has become my daily driver, but there is still nothing like shooting with a real camera.
My main photo camera is a Fuji XPro-2, which I chose because (at the time) it was one of only two options (the other being a Leica) that had a real optical rangefinder.
However, when I'm going out to seriously Take Some Photos, I use a Mamiya 7 (and stand by Ken Rockwell saying it is simply The Best Camera).
Relatedly, I have an Epson V600 flatbed scanner, which anyone who has shot 120mm 6x7 photos knows is a PITA because you can only scan two photos from the roll at once.
Communication
I've started using mood.site as a sort of tumblr, and capture cool inspiration images I find there on a moodboard here: https://mood.site/WvP4xd6x
I live a cross platform life so that sort of thing is important to me (and also why sometimes the easiest way for me to share something is to send myself a message on Discord).
Productivity
Browser
Notes
On notetaking specifically, I've tried so many things, but one constant I've come back to is Google Keep — on mobile I can rapidly put stuff in and then access it on any platform with basically 0 fuss.
Security
I used Supabase for mood.site and really liked it so will probably continue to use that as a backend for other projects.
Coding & Development
I also still actively use VS Code for various things (all of Cantata was done in VS Code!) and it's my go to "I need an editor" editor.
Design
Media
I run the game studio Afterschool, and was the lead programmer and creative director on our first project, Cantata.
musicForProgramming is one of my most visited sites and I'm glad to see that they are still cranking (Cargo's Useful Music on SoundCloud is also good!).
Other
I'm also trying out Tana for trying to get a handle on my vast catalog of possible projects, and I've been really enjoying it.
The Afterschool forums run on Discourse (hosted on DigitalOcean), which is a service I am continually amazed by — it's so well thought out and can do so much, all while still being manageable.