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From Code to Game: My Unity Adventure
Spencer Steed for Developers @ Asurion ă» Aug 7
Spencer shares their journey as a software engineer stepping into the world of Unity game development. They discuss the process of creating a 2D Zombie Survival Game, offering tips and insights on game design, movement controls, sprite implementation, and more.
20 Coffee Chats in 2 Weeks: Here's What Happened
Ellie ă» Aug 9
Ellie shares insights from conducting 20 coffee chats in 2 weeks, highlighting key takeaways and the benefits of connecting with others in the tech community. These conversations led to both unexpected friendships and career opportunities.
Riccardo scratched their own itch by building
branchnotes
, a custom tool designed to attach notes to Git branches. The tool allows for seamless tracking of branch history and progress across different devices.
I Donât Use "Pushy" Questions in Code Reviews Anymore. This Is What I Do Instead
Cesar Aguirre ă» Aug 5
Cesar explains how they started advocating for clear and intentional comments to improve communication in code reviews. Their post provides practical advice on how to make code reviews more effective and less ambiguous.
Vanilla JS carousel that is accessible, swipeable, infinite-scrolling, and autoplaying
Masa Kudamatsu ă» Aug 4
Masa provides a detailed guide on building an accessible, swipeable, infinite-scrolling, and autoplaying carousel using vanilla JavaScript. Masa shares best practices and inspiration they gathered from various sources to create this robust and user-friendly carousel.
Exploring Rust in a Professional Setting: A C++ Engineerâs Perspective
Richard Zampieri ă» Aug 7
Richard got the opportunity to try Rust in a real-world, professional setting and shares their experience from a C++ engineerâs perspective.
Network Observability: Beyond Metrics and Logs
Leon Adato ă» Aug 5
Leon discusses the evolution from network monitoring to observability, emphasizing that true network observability goes beyond simple metrics to offer deeper insights into network performance and user experience.
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Top comments (12)
Great reads @spencer_steed, @elliezub, @rsaz, @pinotattari, @canro91, @masakudamatsu, @adatole!
Congratulations to all, @spencer_steed, @elliezub, @rsaz, @pinotattari, @canro91, @masakudamatsu, @adatole!
thank you!
Much thanks to you (and the rest of the Dev.to community.
Congrats
Congrats for all the top posts and thanks for sharing đ
I was hoping my post would be part of it but hopefully next time đ dev.to/_ndeyefatoudiop/101-react-t...
Wow thanks for including my article đ„čđ
Thank you for including my article!
Well, thank you. Is this a surprise (a nice one, of course).
"I'd like to thank the Academy..." :D
Thank for sharing
Great reads! Thanks for sharing.