Kevin Maes
Agentic Engineer, BlueFolders. Previously, Product Engineer @Stately.ai
Málaga, Spain
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Kevin got his start back in the Flash animation days, working on websites and games at startups in Tel Aviv and New York City, and has specialized in React for over a decade. For the past few years, he's been living and working in Spain, building developer tools like Stately Studio at Stately.ai, fintech applications for desktop/mobile with Lab49, and now AI-native companies at BlueFolders, a venture studio based in the US. He's passionate about crafting engaging user experiences, digital art, public speaking, mentoring others, and continuously rehydrating his roots in creative coding.
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Laying Foundations for Stateful Web Game Development
Orchestrating complex state across an entire application is challenging, yet interactive games put this to the test by requiring robust state management across multiple levels, between hundreds of entities. This case study explores the creative process of building a React game from the ground up, using XState, the open-source TypeScript library for state machines. We'll witness the actor model in action as it coordinates game characters, their animations, and sounds. Within the context of modern AI-assisted development, we'll cover compositional patterns and practical tips for coding with actor systems in any application, not just games. Finally, we'll explore how state machines unlock testing options for application logic and even automation. Games allow us to merge solid engineering principles with immense creativity, and web developers can leverage all of this using their everyday skills!
- Practical tips for using the actor model to orchestrate state in any large-scale or complex application, using a game as an ideal case study.
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