Is Scalable Game Design a Thing?
As familiar as I am with scalable software design for non-game development projects, in this past iteration, I started to assess whether or not scalability is something I need to consider for video game design.
As familiar as I am with scalable software design for non-game development projects, in this past iteration, I started to assess whether or not scalability is something I need to consider for video game design.
Sometimes looking back at your favourite games, you find things you overlooked or had forgotten over time. Final Fantasy VI is still great, but not as great as I remembered.
AI is everywhere—but its value depends on who you ask. This fast-paced panel brings together three perspectives: a small business owner, a public sector CIO, and a startup investor. Each faces different incentives, constraints, and risks—and each sees AI very differently.
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As familiar as I am with scalable software design for non-game development projects, in this past iteration, I started to assess whether or not scalability is something I need to consider for video game design.
Sometimes looking back at your favourite games, you find things you overlooked or had forgotten over time. Final Fantasy VI is still great, but not as great as I remembered.
With Prairie Dev Con (PrDC) 2026 complete, there was a clear theme in everything I managed to see and share—the future of software development is agentic. This doesn't necessarily mean it's all "doom and gloom," but rather an evolution has taken hold in our industry.
AI is everywhere—but its value depends on who you ask. This fast-paced panel brings together three perspectives: a small business owner, a public sector CIO, and a startup investor. Each faces different incentives, constraints, and risks—and each sees AI very differently.
Stacked pull requests helped me organize and merge a set of dependent changes to this website—and gave me a little faith in GitHub as a platform again.
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