One of the reasons why I enjoy working at Audiokinetic is because the code base of typical game middleware has two important requirements: This is interesting because these two requirements are often considered diametrically opposed. Long-term maintenance generally implies a… Read More »Your data model is not your software architecture
Before I left Turbulent back in 2018, I had started to become vocal about the pitfalls of using ORMs for any project more complex than simple blog. I had started to develop this notion that as project complexity increases, the… Read More »ORMs are an anti-pattern
Last June, Audiokinetic sent me to Seattle to attend the W3C Workshop on Web Games. While I was there, I gave a short talk on our experience in porting Wwise to the web platform using Emscripten. It’s now on Vimeo,… Read More »Porting Wwise to the web
Lately, I’ve given a lot of thought to the way the web is going. I’m not the only one. I’m no dinosaur (though not far off at this point), but I’m old enough to remember a web where users would… Read More »On decentralization and openness
This is a brain dump of principles I learned from Haskell that can be applied to most modern programming languages. The examples use PHP, and this is written from the point of view of a developer working at Turbulent. 1.… Read More »Applying Principles of FP to Other Languages
Whenever you enter someone else’s private home, it is generally accepted that you must adopt that person’s customs. If the person tells you to take off your shoes, you should do so. You don’t throw your coat on the sofa… Read More »On the importance of freedom of choice in frameworks