spacetraveler11

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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
Learning generalized concepts of FP just make a lot of sense IMO. Knowing that you can map all functors the same way wether it's an Optional, List, Future or Either is a useful tool to have. Using it in a language with syntactic sugar
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Battleflows.com – Multiplayer strategy based on XBattle(battleflows.com)
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
Is there a difference in the interview process between the US and the EU? Wherever I applied to in the EU I was almost always given a small, practical programming exercise relevant to the field I was applying for and for which I had a few d
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
I made a first version of an XBattle remake over the weekend with Unity [1]. Still needs a lot before it can be released but the basic features are working already. [1] https://giphy.com/gifs/unity-game-dev-xbattle-stdR
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
Same for me. Not sure yet where though. On my own I'd be free to chose anywhere but I've been playing around with the idea of doing it together with my cousin who is interested in this as well. When we were kids we would often tim
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
As a software dev freelancer I was using the Single-Person-Company (Einzelunternehmer) option that Germany offers. Personal liability is a risk of course (that can be mitigated by getting insurance and was never an issue for me) but in term
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
Me too, one of my first projects was building an app with CodeIgniter that was interacting with a Magento shop backend. Was so cool when we finally were able to trigger an order in Magento from our CI app. Whatever one thinks about PHP, it
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
Yes, in fact it's what I've been doing the past few days. Luckily there's a long weekend coming up with lots of free time for me to work on it: XBattle style game rewritten in Unity. Plan is to get a basic version browserized
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
Play Framework: Built on top of Akka, non-blocking architecture (offload any long-running work into Futures), mature codebase and APIs for Java and Scala. It's an opinionated framework where you'll write your code in a classical M
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
Thank you for this comment. See [1] for a video of Richard Garfield talking about this topic. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSg408i-eKw
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
XBattle looks so cool, amazing that this game was made 30 years ago. Kind of similar to a game I had been working on (and might just get out of the dustbin to reactivate). Anyone looking to get started with hexagonal grids should check out
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
There are a lot of helpful tips in this thread and similar ones. Maybe I can add a bit about my own situation for perspective. 1. Become really good at your job. Be able to finish a task in less time than what is expected. Take the remainin
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by spacetraveler11 4y ago
Kind of okey. * Started working on side projects again. Need to develop a workout app for myself so I can track my activities at the gym and make sure I get enough variety in my exercises. Maybe I can turn it into sth. releasable that could