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The Fleming “Big Ask” Experiment

I had the opportunity to develop an upper-year college level course at Fleming College, my first lab was an experiment which included a postmortem.

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Building A Linux Kernel From Source

Optimization at a kernel level can cascade through an entire operating system and through its reuse can save thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars of unnecessary costs over the lifetime of a service contract. Let’s put some rough numbers into play. As of the date of writing this article, deploying 100 Amazon’s EC2 […]

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PTBO Tech Amputation

My exit from the PTBO Tech Slack may have come as a surprise to some. Getting out a head of speculation, it’s more about my own limit of bandwidth.

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Back To School: Teaching At Fleming College

It’s been over 10 years since I partook in the post-secondary education systems ecosystem. I’ve got a checkered past when it comes to attendance, no sense avoiding that.

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Why I Don’t Take Interns

Every few months there is a wave of emails about students wanting to intern at dotBunny. Almost all are turned down, here is why!

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4 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Developer

One of the most impactful decision any business owner will ever make is whom they choose to hire. Asking these 4 questions will save you time and money.

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Working with the Unreal Engine source code

Moving away from using the Unreal Engine provided rocket build can at first seem like a daunting task, but after a while, you will probably find yourself asking why you didn’t switch sooner. There are a few prerequisites to being able to use the source code version, but thankfully, this article will attempt to step you […]

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Building a rocket build from the Unreal Engine source code

So you have moved away from using the pre-built solutions of Unreal Engine; awesome! The next logical step is creating a portable Unreal Engine rocket build of your own. Whether you are working in a large team or working on your own, a rocket build takes the technical lifting out of working with the Unreal […]

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PTBO Game Jam 03

This past weekend in Peterborough, Ontario was PTBO Game Jam 03. A fun filled weekend of game development, sleep deprivation, pizza and Tim Horton’s.

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One Small Step

As I approached the qualification line for becoming a Twitch Affiliate, I started keeping the dashboard up while I streamed, assuming that there might be some sort of fireworks or announcement when I surpassed the magic check point.  There was nothing. As that point came and past, I had forgotten about the hype leading up […]

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Nobody Said It Was Easy

We are hardworking game developers who accomplish incredible things when we set our minds too it; so it is not surprising of what we have produced this month long sprint. You know what we are not good at? Getting funding from outside sources.

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A Week Down The Rabbit Hole

It’s been just about a week since we started agressively working on our own game at dotBunny. While there are many roles too fill on the game, I got “dibs” on engineering lead. It’s great to be back in code every day, and furthermore its great to be working on something that truly is something I can call my own.