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Inspiration A while ago I came across this cool blog post where cpunch reverse engineers the DRM on a 22 year old game: https://openpunk.com/pages/cracking-22-yr-old-drm/ Reading the blog brought a smile to my face and warmed my heart. Well, that game was Pac-Man: Adventures in Time and 24 years ago I was the guy who …
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New year, new role For the few years before I joined Unity, I'd been on a management path, including roles like Technical Lead, CTO and Technical Director. When I joined Unity as a Senior/Staff Engineer I took what some saw as a step 'backwards' because I left a management role. Of course an Individual Contributor role …
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This is part of my round up of 23 things from 2023. The index is here. 20. Giving up alcohol After roughly 32 years of drinking, I gave up alcohol entirely this time a couple of years ago. At peak, it was never “just one” and I drank on multiple nights of the week. Under the guise of being social, I’d been drinking as …
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This is part of my round up of 23 things from 2023. The index is here. I read a bunch of non-fiction books in 2023. This is a small selection of them: 16. Four Thousand Weeks Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count. On average, humans are only alive for 4000 …
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This is part of my round up of 23 things from 2023. The index is here. 12. Micro journaling via my daily TODO list A habit I’ve got into over the past few years is making a weekly TODO list. It’s not intended to replace JIRA or be shared with anyone else, it’s just for my own use to help prioritise and organise my …
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This is part of my round up of 23 things from 2023. The index is here. 8. Interesting online communities How do you stay up to date with the new developments and news in the industry as well as feeling part of a community? Unity’s internal Slack server is a vibrant place, with a lot of interesting discussion – but its …
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This is part of my round up of 23 things from 2023. The index is here.
- Git Worktrees I work on multiple branches of the Unity source code concurrently, for example: New feature A for trunk version Refactoring B of some other code in trunk version Bugfix C in trunk version Back port of bugfix C to Unity 2022 LTS …
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It’s the end of 2023, so it’s a great time to reflect on 23 notable things (tools, books, habits, etc) that made a difference, particularly to my work but also other areas of life. Some of these I’ve been using or doing longer than just this year, and most probably aren’t news to you, but I thought it worth sharing …
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SC3D.COM, Who? What? Why? How? Hey there! I’m Simon O’Connor, 49 years old, mostly associated with software development, computer games and real-time 3D engines specifically, but also sometimes known for making music and DJing. The about me section has more info and contact details. I’ve been known under guises such as …
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