Tagged “devstory”

1. TIL how a game developer's obsession with karaoke paid off Nov 28, 2022 gamedesign devstory

   Initially, he says coworkers criticized him for going too far with the minigame – at the time, it was uncharacteristic to have the generally-stoic protagonist, Kiryu, doing something so goofy. But his instincts proved correct; it became one of the most popular features in the Yakuza series and went a long way in humanizing Kiryu.

2. TIL being a old developer Aug 11, 2022 old devstory

   Every inspirational, blue-sky, brainstorming meeting or demo session has a person that keeps disrupting the flow. A battle-hardened, highly experienced developer with lots of memories of how things failed in the past. A person who a lot of people look up to and whose input counts as important. The even bigger problem is that this grumpy old person lives inside my head.

3. TIL about the 11,000 line file May 06, 2022 devstory cleancode horror

   At work, I discovered a core project file that is almost 4,000 lines of code. Code flowed from top to bottom. I thought this is what nightmares are made from.

4. TIL of someone who missed all the JS pitfalls Feb 17, 2022 javascript devstory

   If JS doesn't do it the way they think it works, then... JaVaScRiPT is STUPID!

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