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How to stay productive as a solo developer 2018-06-10 17:09:34
Est. read time: 5 minutes, 3 seconds

Gamedev is hard. It is even much harder when you decide to do it as a solo developer. It is close to impossible if you also have to provide for your family. How can you stay productive when the world doesn't want you to finish your game?

Data flow in REST API 2018-06-04 18:16:09
Est. read time: 5 minutes, 6 seconds

One of the popular methods for creating websites, web applications and even web multiplayer games today are REST APIs. This technique allows for decoupling of a client application from the server.

Laravel TDD workflow 2018-05-28 21:40:14
Est. read time: 12 minutes, 32 seconds

Laravel is the most popular PHP framework for building web applications. It provides simple solutions for common problems, like secure database querying, routing, console commands, ORM or input validation. It is a very solid choice if you wish to follow test-driven development process.

Test-driven development: Introduction 2018-05-20 07:59:19
Est. read time: 3 minutes, 51 seconds

Test-driven development is a concept of writing application code after writing tests. It requires from a developer to first define what is the expected outcome before starting the implementation.

Bitmask - why, how and when 2018-03-19 22:03:00
Est. read time: 3 minutes, 34 seconds

Bitmasks are a very useful way to compress multiple boolean flags in a single variable. It can reduce memory usage and operations on bits are basically as fast as they can get. In practice, any time you want to have multiple flags describing something in your application, a bitmask could be the right tool for the job.