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Every project needs an end, and that includes video games. But how do you decide what "done" means for your prototype, your vertical slice, or even your whole game? I might not know much about game development—but I have a lot of experience defining software scope. For my most recent iteration, I spent time out of the code editor and in a Markdown editor. I even used spreadsheets! *gasp* 😜

As familiar as I am with scalable software design for non-game development projects, in this past iteration, I started to assess whether or not scalability is something I need to consider for video game design.

With Prairie Dev Con (PrDC) 2026 complete, there was a clear theme in everything I managed to see and share—the future of software development is agentic. This doesn't necessarily mean it's all "doom and gloom," but rather an evolution has taken hold in our industry.

Stacked pull requests helped me organize and merge a set of dependent changes to this website—and gave me a little faith in GitHub as a platform again.