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Extending MantisBase: the C++ Edition (Part 1 — Setup)
September 26, 2026
MantisBase C++ Dev Packages Setup Guide
Read on SubstackRunning Muse Code Models Inside Claude Code: A Setup Guide
September 14, 2026
Meta shipped its own terminal coding agent, Muse Code, in beta on August 5, 2026, as a direct answer to Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI.
Read on SubstackMantisBase v0.4: Reworking the Foundations
August 27, 2026
For the past few months, we have been reviewing MantisBase development with a particular focus on the hurdles we have accumulated along the way: requested features that were becoming increasingly diff
Read on SubstackMicrosoft .NET 10 Updates for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya
August 12, 2026
Microsoft has announced that support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 will end on November 10, 2026. After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide servicing updates, security updates, or technical support fo
Read on SubstackPorting Explode Geometry to Python: Life After MaxPlus
August 5, 2026
For years, one of the friendlier ways to learn the 3ds Max API in Python was the Explode Geometry sample.
Read on SubstackSetting Up 3ds Max 2027 SDK Development with Visual Studio 2026
July 31, 2026
Visual Studio 2026 landed in late 2025, and if you write plugins for 3ds Max, the first question is the obvious one: can I move my development environment to the new release, or do I need to stay put?
Read on SubstackSingleton to Dependency Injection: A C++ Refactor
July 26, 2026
Why MantisBase is replacing the MantisBase::instance() singleton with dependency injection in v0.4.x; testability, honest signatures, and multiple instances per process.
Read on SubstackMantisBase v0.3.6 Release
July 1, 2026
A Cleaner, More Consistent API
Read on SubstackTo Port or Not to Port: C++ to Rust, and the Trap of the 90% Demo
June 28, 2026
Ownership was never in the source code. That's the whole migration — and it's exactly the part the demo skips.
Read on SubstackMantisBase is Moving to Rust
May 18, 2026
There is no shortage of "rewrite it in Rust" stories on the internet.
Read on SubstackWhat’s new in 3ds Max 2027?
April 13, 2026
Originally posted here:
Read on SubstackMantisBase v0.3.4 — Admin Upgrades, Bug Fixes & Docker Updates
February 26, 2026
We're shipping v0.3.4 today with a handful of quality-of-life improvements, a cleaner configuration story, and a few important bug fixes.
Read on SubstackMantisBase Devlog #1—We're Live
February 26, 2026
If you've been following along, you know I've been busy building MantisBase for a while now.
Read on SubstackMantisBase v0.3.3: Real-Time Database Updates with Server-Sent Events
February 3, 2026
February 4, 2026 — We're excited to announce the release of MantisBase v0.3.3, bringing real-time database capabilities to this lightweight, high-performance Backend-as-a-Service framework.
Read on SubstackSmart Living & Leadership: Designing for Tomorrow
November 13, 2025
The second edition of the Smart Living & Tech Leadership Conference 2025 ran for two days, with intense, future-focused dialogue.
Read on SubstackEmbedding Slint UI Within a Qt Application (C++)
October 10, 2025
Qt is a mature and feature-rich framework, but building flexible and declarative UIs often requires more than widgets and signals.
Read on Substack[Youtube] What is Mantis?
September 30, 2025
We have earlier introduced Mantis, a C++ BaaS toolkit, designed to be lightweight but powerful.
Read on SubstackMantis v0.2.7-beta Release
August 23, 2025
We’ve shipped Mantis v0.2.7-beta, a new milestone for our lightweight pluggable backend-as-a-service (BaaS) framework written in C++.
Read on SubstackIntroducing Mantis: The C++ Backend Framework Built for Simplicity and Speed
July 9, 2025
In a world dominated by heavyweight frameworks and bloated deployment pipelines, Mantis stands out as a fast, modular C++ backend library designed for simplicity, speed, and embeddability.
Read on SubstackDeepWiki: How to Instantly Understand Any Codebase with AI-Powered Documentation
June 19, 2025
In the growing jungle of codebases, developer tools, and open-source libraries, one thing remains consistently frustrating: documentation.
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