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Author: Markus Perdrizat

  • IRC is dead, long live IRC

    IRC is dead, long live IRC: It’s clear that overall IRC usage, both in terms of users as well as channels, has been in steady decline for many years. In fact, IRC has lost 60% of its users since 2003, a dramatic fall in numbers for any service. A nice bit of internet history… My…

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  • Engineers Suck at Finding the Right Jobs

    Engineers Suck at Finding the Right Jobs: I’ll show you why we are lucky bastards, why we aren’t so good at picking the right jobs and some hints on how to solve this issue. […] At least three things make “now” the best time to be a software engineer: demand, projects, prestige. Recommended reading for…

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  • Updated Database Landscape Map

    Updated database landscape graphic: I recently published an updated version but noted that there were a group of database vendors that had emerged in 2012 that didn’t easily fit into the segments we’d created. It’s so much better… Good overview for anybody interested in understanding the DB world beyond just whatever one or two products…

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  • Antifragility: How disorder makes us stronger

    Antifragility: How disorder makes us stronger: In his latest book, Nassim Taleb celebrates the strengthening effects of stress and chaos. […] Taleb argues that Switzerland is a model of stability precisely because it doesn’t have a big central bank or national government. Instead, its dozens of sovereign mini-states squabble and fight constantly. This turmoil actually…

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  • What Happened to the Facebook Killer? It’s Complicated

    What Happened to the Facebook Killer? It’s Complicated: As the Internet shifts to our pockets and everywhere else, it’s right to be skeptical of those who promise to be the next big thing, no matter how big that thing is. What we do know is that the new new thing is always right around the corner.…

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  • Stick a fork in netbooks, they’re done

    Stick a fork in netbooks, they’re done: After beginning in late 2007, the age of netbooks is coming to close. Acer and Asus, the two remaining top-tier manufacturers of the small laptops, are ceasing netbook production today, reports The Guardian’s Charles Arthur. I never got around to actually buying a Netbook, but I was *so*…

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  • The Benefits of Live Service in SimCity: DRM

    The Benefits of Live Service in SimCity: Creating a connected experience has always been a goal for SimCity, and this design decision has driven our development process for the game. This is easily the most ambitious game in the franchise and we’ve taken great care to make sure that every line of code embodies the…

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  • I Hate Comments

    I hate comments: I delete comments when I come across them. Comments are a crutch, to be used sparingly and only after all other options have been exhuasted. Comments are used for numerous purposes, so I’m going to enumerate the worst offenders: This comment is worse than worthless. Don’t write comments, write (unit) tests instead.

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  • Happy New Year, and Goodbye SPIN

    A Message To Magazine Subscribers: Following the September/October issue, SPIN has halted publication of our print edition to invest more deeply in our digital properties, including SPIN.com, SPIN Play for iPad, and SPIN mobile. Goodbye SPIN, I used to buy you while you (and I) were still young… and I wouldn’t be surprised to see…

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  • Double Fine Double Feature

    Double Fine Double Feature: The story of Double Fine is such a feel-good story, but it almost wasn’t. A few years ago, if you said the name Double Fine aloud, you were talking about what could have been, or what should have been. You were talking about how you fell in love with games all…

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