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While getting my mind off more serious things, small but important updates happened during this last week. Read on for news.

Tags: #games #life #patreon #magicalcircuits #unrealengine4 #gamedevelopment #books

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๐ŸŽฎ B Side: Soft Launching `Magical Circuits` side project

Cassete Side B

I’ve been fending off the world pandemic ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™‚๏ธ in the “natural isolation” of a small Dutch down, where the most exciting thing that happened to me the whole week was befriending the neighbors cat. I have also been putting some work in advancing my Serious Side Project: Cloud Native Infrastructure for Unreal Engine. It’s been a big week and there are announcements to be made!

Spam tags: #games #kubernetes #containers #terraform #googlecloudplatform #docker #unrealengine4 #gamedevelopment #work-in-progress

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๐ŸŒค Twelve Dot One Factor Apps

I have been following the Twelve-Factor App methodology for a considerable amount of years. I mean, just like the Pirate Code, I see them more as guidelines than rules. There is a factor I’d like to challenge. Can tell you how and why in this blog post I have written just for you ;)

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๐ŸŒค Elements of Modern Cloud-Native Solution Design

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A few years ago, while working as an Infrastructure Engineer for a startup team, I wanted to be able to do something really simple, but powerful. To share a browser bookmarks folder of all our service endpoints with my team, preferably with two-way synchronization. I googled for existing solutions in the Firefox/Google Chrome Extension stores but found squat. So I took it upon myself to design and implement a solution, and this is what I came up with!

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๐Ÿ‘‰ Thought Worker

Six months ago, I relocated to Germany and joined ThoughtWorks as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer. It was an intense, but rewarding, experience. I got a lot out of it! Let me tell you of the days of high adventure …

my "I.A.C." presentation on last day at client
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๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ IndigoX 2019

Last month on the 28th IndigoX happened in Utrecht. It is the “Dutch Game Gardenโ€™s largest game showcase” for indie video game development. The 28th was also the move in date for a new flat rental. I attended for the first time and now i’m reporting back from behind the friendly lines!

Attendee playing Project Beckon
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๐Ÿง™โ€ Helping People

I have been meaning to continue my technical article series for like, weeks now. Have the content. Did the math. But when I sit to start writing, my mind wonders to other places. FML. Oh well, todays episode is about helping people.

Help
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๐ŸŽฎ Raising Kratos

Last night I got home, had some dinner and watched the Raising Kratos documentary on Youtube. What happened next will surprise you.

God Of War
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๐Ÿง International Thinking Outside The Box Day

During my daily morning ritual of finding a matching pair of socks, I had a post-shower thought! I am hereby declaring August 12, International Thinking Outside The Socks, I mean, Box Day. Let me explain.

Socks Pile
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๐ŸŽฎ Get some Rage 2 Overdrive!

Recently got Rage 2 for the PS4 Pro.

Combat and environment is nuts, hope they sort out the bugs!

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