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Notes from Dream Awake Labs on building AI agents, spatial systems, and interactive experiences.

July 19, 20256 min read
Stop Your UI From Being a Paranoid Friend: Unreal Engine ViewModel Plugin
How to build event-driven UI in Unreal Engine with the UMG Viewmodel plugin: a C++ ViewModel for a spaceship HUD, FieldNotify setters and computed getters, and why we keep ViewModels in C++.
Unreal EngineUIMVVMC++
July 18, 20257 min read
The Great Blueprint vs C++ War: How Claude Code Became the UN Peacekeeping Force
A comedic look at the Blueprint vs C++ debate in Unreal Engine, and how we used Claude Code in Rider in 2025 to cut the boilerplate between them. You still review what it writes.
Unreal EngineC++BlueprintsClaude Code
July 17, 20258 min read
From Vibe Coding to Intelligence: Building Memory Systems for AI Agent-Assisted Development
How we gave Claude Code a project memory on a 2025 video intelligence prototype: a rules file, a searchable knowledge index, and live project status, so the agent works from context instead of vibes.
AI-assisted developmentClaude CodeKnowledge systems

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