Category Archives: software development

Mike Recommends: RESTful Web Services

Posted on April 18, 2008 by proj

Mike is uber and Mike recommends: RESTful Web Services. MMO back-end technology seems stuck in the 90s. Makes me glad I took a hiatus to work at a CMS startup.

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Computers are Getting Faster

Posted on March 21, 2008 by proj

I was recently reading another multi-core doom and gloom article.. My daughter looks over my shoulder to ask me what I’m reading. Me: Computers are getting faster Daughter: Ours? Me: No, new computers Daughter: Oh… The truth of the matter … Continue reading →

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IGN RPG Vault Interview

Posted on October 27, 2007 by proj

I was interviewed with 3 other programmers for an IGN Vault piece this week. They  asked us to describe some of the challenges we had to overcome to ship the game. It was nice to be able to talk about some … Continue reading →

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REPL to the rescue

Posted on October 10, 2007 by proj

From the book Practical Common Lisp “Debugging a program running on a $100M piece of hardware that is 100 million miles away is an interesting experience. Having a read-eval-print loop running on the spacecraft proved invaluable in finding and fixing … Continue reading →

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GoogleTalk: How to Design a Good API and Why it Matters

Posted on May 1, 2007 by proj

A great talk that runs just over an hour. It covers some well trodden ground for people who have read pragmatic programmer, practice of programming or code craft. Jonathan Bloch provide compelling insights into proper develop ment practice and I … Continue reading →

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