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For those of you who ended up skipping the “early” Black Friday deals, you made a wise decision if you were eyeing a device like Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 7. For this weekend, you can grab one for as little as $40. Not a typo there – this $300 watch is down to just $40. Here’s […]
One thing that’s always great to see is an early access game that’s making steady progress and clearly knows where it’s going. Realm of Ink, a Hades-inspired roguelike, is one such title. A month after launch, it’s back with not only a huge patch that adds loads of new content but also a roadmap that […]
Sometimes you see a game and know its special. For me, back in the day, it was Diablo 2, or League of Legends when I graduated from single-player story-heavy RPGs to online videogames. Over the years I’ve spotted a few ‘star power’ games, but Supervive is the one that, in recent memory, feels most like […]
Slick 3 is a powerful database access library for Scala that makes working with relational databases easier and more intuitive. Here’s what you need to know: Type-safe queries: Write database queries in Scala and catch errors at compile-time Functional approach: Use Functional Relational Mapping (FRM) for a Scala-friendly database interaction Asynchronous operations: Built on Reactive […]
The work of writing maintainable code is an ongoing endeavor and some of my favorite problems to solve are ones that build maintainable systems. Maintainable systems are ones you can learn once, easily manipulate, and ideally take from project to project. My favorite part of building maintainable systems is that it minimizes the amount of […]