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AI
May 15, 2026

Chasing the AI Train

“AI – where are we?” is the question everyone seems to be asking right now. The honest answer? Somewhere between “groundbreaking technological revolutio...

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Unity Development
Apr 25, 2022

Multiplayer in Unity with Mirror

Once upon a time, Unity provided a first party multiplayer framework UNet. That's gone. Thankfully, there's Mirror. Mirror framework: The improved UNet...

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Communication
Mar 11, 2022

Technology Acronyms Explored

Technology acronyms demystified! Acronyms are great... when used wisely. They can be easier on the brain, some are actual mnemonics hinting at their exp...

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User Experience (UX)
Aug 13, 2020

Azure Devops vs Github

A tale of Microwaves & Premature Optimization. The Microwave Moment "The objective was food. What I found, was distraction." Earlier in my life, when sh...

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User Experience (UX)
Jul 24, 2020

The Well Mannered Modal

Soon, you'll be set to raise wellmannered modals of your very own! What is a Modal? Overlays, dialogs, pop ups, alerts, light boxes... The much maligned...

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Release Cycle
Jul 13, 2020

The Minimal Whatever Product

“Release early. Release often.”! Except, nobody can agree on how "early" and how "often". Minimal? Viable? Product? The very concept of MVP is a source...

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Funny
Jun 30, 2020

Programmer Humour

A collection of developer jokes scoured from the internet. 1. Why did the developer quit his job? Because he didn't get arrays. 1. {!False} it's funny b...

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Communication
May 25, 2020

The Dreadfully Wonderful Hackathon

If reading about crunch culture struck a chord, you’re not alone. What is a hackathon anyway? Referencing the culture of “hacking”, a hackathon is a won...

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Dogmas and conventions
May 16, 2020

Stop Using /That/ Methodology

Inevitably, you've come across several different, usually conflicting, ways of doing it right. A methodology doesn’t describe what you should actually d...

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Communication
May 14, 2020

Hit by a Bus

Is your work held together by duct tape and fate? You, and you alone managed to birth your solution, despite the ambitious deadlines and resource constr...

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The Minds Behind

Meet the Authors

Meet the people behind our notes, tutorials, and field-tested software thinking.

Kris Camilleri
Director & Founder
3Posts

Kris Camilleri

Director & Founder

Malta
Nathan Xerri
Business Development Manager
1Posts

Nathan Xerri

Business Development Manager

Malta
Hristo Petrov
Full Stack Software Developer
2Posts

Hristo Petrov

Full Stack Software Developer

Malta
Ilya Florenskiy
Senior Software Developer
4Posts

Ilya Florenskiy

Senior Software Developer

Malta