Joe Bustamante

6 Steps to Getting Started in Indie Game Development

It can feel overwhelming to get started with indie game development. This guide will walk you step-by-step through making your first game.

Personal Optimization

Coronavirus, Running, and How I Learned to Let Competitiveness Go

It can feel like we're always competing with ourselves. Here's how the pandemic taught me to find balance by letting my inner competitiveness go.

Developer Tools

Writing Better Test CLI Commands with Laravel and Artisan

Laravel doesn't come with a built-in way to run different types of tests. This post will help you create Artisan commands to easily run all your tests.

Web Apps

How to Add a Timeout to Promises in Node.js

Node.js doesn't allow you to add a timeout to a promise by default. Here's a method I worked out for wrapping your promises in timeouts.

Growing as Makers

The Making of Dead Again: A Ludum Dare 45 Retrospective

Creating a themed video game in 72 hours with little-to-no game development experience? Yep— we did it. And so, 'Dead Again' was born.

C & C++

Set Up an Embedded C Project with Ceedling to Work on CircleCI

Setting up an automated test suite for an embedded project isn't easy. This guide will help you get your continuous integration up and running using Ceedling and CircleCI.

Extracurricular Activities

Making Your First Game in Phaser 3 with TypeScript

Getting a Phaser 3 game started with TypeScript can be a daunting task. This guide will help walk you through all the necessary steps to get your project up-and-running.

Personal Optimization

How I Learned to Use My Strengths at Work (And How You Can, Too)

We all have strengths—activities that drive and energize us. We're at our best when we use our strengths, so we should make them a daily part of our work.

Web Apps

A Comprehensive Guide to Fixing Node-Gyp Issues on Windows

The Windows environment makes getting node-gyp to work a less-than-stellar developer experience. Here are some troubleshooting tips I've learned along the way.

Growing as Makers

Looking for the Perfect Double Major or Minor to Go with CS? Try the Humanities

A humanities education will complement your career in software, and enable you to be part of where the software industry is going.

TypeScript

Setting up a Test FTP Server in Node

A guide to establishing a client for making an FTP connection in Node. Plus how to create a test server to test your connection with

Extracurricular Activities

7 Reasons Game Development Is the Perfect Side Hobby for Software Developers

Programmers come in to game development with the knowledge that most aspiring game makers lack: how to write good code and create effective software.

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