#webdev#architecture#gamedev#cloud
System Architecture for Edaqa's Room
An overview of all the deployed components in my multiplayer game
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Articles by @mortoray
Browse the latest writing surfaced through DevArt.
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#webdev#javascript#react#css
Highly inefficient invisible animations (CSS/Firefox/Chrome/React)
Reducing the CPU load of Firefox and Chrome due to invisible CSS animations
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#webdev#python#programming#gamedev
High-Throughput Game Message Server with Python websockets
Tracking an error in my game, stressing over a fix, and the code to replace it all
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#puzzle#stream#design
Designing a Snacking Bear Puzzle
I'm designing another single puzzle. This time I've found some cute, and hungry, hipster bears.
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#testing#programming#playtest#gamedev
What I look for while play-testing
Tracking and evaluating individuals playing my game
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#stream#gamedev#webdev
Edaqa's Room: Removing Red Herrings from Carnival
Improving gameplay by removing puzzle misdirection
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#stream#gamedev#webdev
Edaqa's Room: Sound and Music using WebAudio
DevBlog video for how I do sound and music in my escape game
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#coding#react#games#architecture
How to write a custom selector in React
Recreating useSelector for an app that doesn't use Redux.
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#webdev#svg#game#programming
I Wrote an Online Escape Game
All about the puzzle game I wrote with lots of web tech for maximum entertainment value!
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#career#programming#interview
How I Evaluate You in a Code Interview
A review of the key skills you need to demonstrate in a coding interview. This will help you improve your evaluation.
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#coding#interview#computerscience#tutorial
Merge Sort Quick Reference
Code, key points, and complexity of the merge sort algorithm
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#coding#interview#computerscience#tutorial
Insertion Sort Quick Reference
Code, key points, and complexity of the insertion sort algorithm
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#programming#career#motivation#psychology
Your 30th Year in Code
A look at the personal problems faced in decades of programming.
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#interview#programming#coding#career
Checkers Interview Question: Moving a Piece
An interview question about moving a checkers piece around the board. This part uses grid-movement logic, and error checking.
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#interview#programming#coding#career
Checkers Interview Question: Data Modelling
An interview question based on checkers with data modelling and error checking. Step-by-step walkthrough and talking points.
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#programming#interview#coding#career
Essential Interview Code for Maps and Dictionaries
Maps are one of the fundamental data structures in coding. Knowing how to use a map will help you avoid grief on many questions.
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#programming#language#codequality#healthydebate
Why switch is better than if-else
A look at how to produce cleaner and more correct code.
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#interview#programming#career#speaking
Don’t say negative things in an interview
An interview is not the place to voice negative thoughts. Avoid the common traps blocking you from making a good impression.
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#project#programming#coding#parser
Nested lists and continued paragraph support in MDL
New features for complex blocks and indented lists.
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Creating a custom author box on WordPress
How to use custom short-codes to create an author-box in a template.
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How to install Python 3.8 on Ubuntu?
I'm having no luck getting Python 3.8 running on (K)Ubuntu 18.04. I've got the main program installed...
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#python#programming#types#language
A Failed Experiment with Python Type Annotations
Trying to get some static type checking revealed some fundamental flaws in the tools.
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#career#programming#interview#psychology
Listen carefully to your interviewer
Understanding your interviewer is critical to your success during an interview.
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#meta#news#freecodecamp#writing
FreeCodeCamp's Copyright Infringement
Another article to ensure this doesn't slip by.
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#career#programming#interview#motivation
Programming interview preparation
An introduction to my new site Interview.Codes
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#webdev#career#programming#graveyard
A Parade of Web Tech
Obsolete, abandoned, and yet not forgotten, tales of the sites I built
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#discuss#life#wellness#coding
What do you code to relax?
My projects have me jumping through hoops of a wide variety of technology, talking to people, writing...
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Lists and backtick parsing (MDL Log #5)
Adding support for lists and escaping code fragments in the documents.
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#interview#programming#career#healthydebate
Terrible interview question: Swap variables without a temporary
Examination of interview questions that don't evaluate candidates well
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