How Do You Make a Game That Was Supposed to Be Small, but Ended up Being Huge
Adam Alker shares insights on Outriders' production, People Can Fly's growth, and managing unexpected challenges in game development. Learn about scaling, cross-platform development, and adapting to unforeseen circumstances.
User Story Mapping - Developing a Shared Understanding
Learn user story mapping techniques to align teams, reduce waste, and define clear goals in game development.
Tips from the Trenches - An Indie Guide to Contracting
Explore strategies for successful freelance contracting in game development, covering project structures, pricing models, and essential tools for achieving desired outcomes.
Building a Unified Cross-Project UI Framework
Discover how Sybo Games created a unified UI framework to ensure consistency across projects, improving design efficiency and user experience in game development.
Cementing Your Duct Tape - Turning Hacks into Tools
Explore techniques for transforming temporary hacks into robust tools, with practical examples from Total War games. Learn to create scalable solutions and improve development workflows.
How to Find and Engage a Great Artist - A Non-Artist Primer
Discover strategies for finding and collaborating with talented artists to enhance your indie game's visual appeal. Learn about compensation, search methods, and key considerations.
How to Build a Remote Team for Better Happiness
Discover strategies for building a successful remote team, enhancing work-life balance, and leveraging technology to foster a positive company culture across borders.
Agile Business Transformation - What It Takes to Succeed
Discover how agile transformation boosts productivity and employee engagement. Learn from successful companies implementing this approach, outperforming traditional strategies across various industries.
Weathering the Storm - The Art of Crisis Communications
Mastering crisis communications in security: strategies for effective internal and external stakeholder management during high-pressure situations.
How You Can Ask the Right Questions to Succeed with Your Security Projects
Learn to ask effective questions in security projects, enhancing discovery, planning, and persuasion skills through real-world examples and practical techniques for better communication and project success.
Bug Bounty Programs - Crowd Sourcing Security
Explore Mozilla's bug bounty program, its history, benefits, and challenges. Learn how to implement similar programs and their advantages over black market alternatives.
What Do Infosec Practitioners Actually Do
Explore the daily realities of information security professionals, debunking myths and highlighting key skills like writing, problem-solving, and effective communication in various cybersecurity roles.
The Magical Rebalance Protocol of Apache Kafka
Explore Apache Kafka's hidden protocol for managing work assignments, including leader election and task distribution. Learn its internals, applications, and how to extend it for custom implementations.
Feet in Both Worlds - From Objective-C to Swift
Explore the transition from Objective-C to Swift, focusing on interoperability challenges, design impacts, and practical adoption strategies in existing codebases.
Community Driven Development
Explore community-driven development for social justice through an open-source project with New Sanctuary Coalition. Learn strategies for effective collaboration, sustainability, and building a tech community to support immigrant rights.
Practical Applications of the Dickerson Pyramid
Exploring real-world implementations of the Dickerson Pyramid for Site Reliability Engineering, with examples from Google, Hillary for America, and First Look Media.
Rebuilding the Cathedral
Explore evolving challenges in open source collaboration, funding gaps, and strategies for sustainability in the digital infrastructure landscape.
DDD Really Matters
Explore deep collaboration with domain experts and five essential strategies for achieving excellence in software development initiatives.
Eating an Elephant - Conquering Big Projects One Bite at a Time
Strategies for tackling complex projects: breaking down tasks, defining MVP, revisiting software principles, and overcoming analysis paralysis to make steady progress.
Build a DevOps Culture - Microsoft's Journey to Adopt an Agile Mindset and DevOps Culture
Explore Microsoft's 8-year DevOps journey, focusing on cultural shifts, agile practices, and lessons learned. Gain insights into managing large-scale software development and continuous integration.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps - Engineering Lessons from Apollo
Explore Apollo program's engineering innovations, project management techniques, and software development strategies that revolutionized space exploration and remain relevant in modern technology.