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Hello, I'm Matthew

My background is in software engineering, which I still pursue as a hobby. I work at Version 1. This site is where I share personal projects and occasional thoughts on what I'm working on.

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Hardware - Retro Gaming 5 June 2026
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A Quake tactical computer for the Apple Watch

Quake II's help computer, rebuilt as an iPhone and Apple Watch app. An old Mac running Quake streams its live game state to your phone and wrist — health, ammo, objectives, damage buzzes and in-game sounds — and records the match as a workout.

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Case Study - Software Optimisation 24 May 2026
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Optimising Quake II on six old Macs

I forked yquake2 5.11 and used Claude Code to get a build tuned for old PowerPC and Intel Macs — sister project to the QuakeSpasm one.

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Case Study - Software Optimisation 9 May 2026
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Optimising Quake on six old Macs

I forked QuakeSpasm to see if I could use Claude Code to get a build tuned for old PowerPC and Intel Macs.

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