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Programming
Can an AI help create a game in five hours? This experiment used Claude AI and PlayCanvas to build a Cookie Clicker-inspired clone, revealing both the potential and limitations of AI-assisted development.
Programming
"Curious how ChatGPT handles real-world coding? Discover my journey building a Python web service—from AI boosts to debugging detours—and see if AI is the coding partner you need.
Networking / Linux
Explore the fundamentals of Amazon S3, its uses, and alternatives. Learn how cloud storage supports businesses and developers, with tips for hosting and insights on integration.
Programming
Docker revolutionizes system administration by simplifying deployment, optimizing resource use, enabling scalability, and easing management, with a focus on practical, hands-on learning.
Networking / Linux
A hard lesson for any sysadmin to learn is to have an outage without even knowing it. The following describes how Technodabbler converted a simple #cron #monitoring into a light-weight monitoring solution.
Programming
The way we develop and deploy Web Applications has changed a lot in the last 10 years. Typically, such a project would require skills in three fields : * Knowledge of a programming language to build a web applications. * Knowledge of system administration, as to manage the platform that will host the
Videogames
Corona SDK is getting a lot of good press these days. With success stories like such as Doodle Jump, The Secret of Grisly Manor and The Lost City, Corona is fueling the App millionaire dream. Take a quick look at the home page and you'll find a catchy rallying cry:
Videogames
If you haven’t heard the news, Bethesda is complaining about the name of a card game from the makers of Minecraft, Scrolls. Even worse, they are sending in the lawyers. I like to work on indie game projects. The first that I released was BlokPanic, on the App Store.
Jobs
Last summer, returning from Taiwan, I purchased a 3G iPad. My reasoning was simple: as my PhD was near completion, I wanted to find a job as a network programmer. I’ve found that it is always easier to get hired if you can show something. Having done a lot
Networking / Linux
I like iOS development. I am actually starting to see some elegance in Objective-C, even thought it has the strangest syntax ever. So far, I’ve release BlokPanic. The next game, I want it to be multiplayer, possibly even massively multiplayer. The problem is that I need some server software.
Videogames
I bought an iPod Touch about a year ago, at the same time the iPhone 3G and 3GS were becoming very popular. I couldn’t afford the iPhone, and the iPod Touch seemed like a reasonable compromise. I was impressed by the App Store and all the applications available on
Jobs
Students sometime ask me what is the best way to get into the game development business? Well, if you want to become a developper, you can help yourself a lot by getting some development experience with consoles. The easier console to learn happens to be the Gameboy Advance (GBA) and
Programming
I’m a Computer Scientist by training. My specialty is solving problems. Most of the time, solving that problem involves programming. Thus the importance of having the propers tools to solve problems. I’ll admit that I’m a fan of Java. Although I understand the power and flexibility of
Programming
The idea came to me after looking at an article on Slashdot [http://developers.slashdot.org/story/05/12/12/122243/a-programmers-bookshelf]. The author of the article discussed a simple page [http://www.simtec.co.uk/appnotes/AN0017/] he found on the Internet, discussing his list of top books for