Tibia is a 2D MMORPG released in 1997. It is one of the oldest MMOs still active. You can see their official screenshots page to get a sense of what it looks like. Tibia’s graphics improved since the game was released, but not much. Although the game was pretty solid technologically when it was released, it was quickly surpassed graphically in the following years. Even with dated graphics, Tibia’s popularity peaked in 2007....
Way too often, I see tech companies provide their developers with tooling that can get their job done but doesn’t spark joy. I believe that’s a big mistake. Developers expect joy from their tools, and they will go to great lengths to get them, either in their current job or elsewhere. Which tools spark joy? I’m not going to get into the topic of which tools spark joy and which don’t....
I have a diary. I’ve been writing on it somewhat regularly since 2014. I find it extremely useful and I think everyone should at least give it a try. I do it for two reasons: When writing, a diary is a great tool for organizing thoughts and making decisions. The process of writing forces you to articulate thoughts with much greater clarity than you could by just sitting down and thinking....
I love Wordle. I play it pretty much every single day. I also play the portuguese version immediately afterwards too. It is now part of my morning routine. Wordle is one of those ideas that just click and immediately have you wishing you were the one to have them. If you don’t know what Wordle is, just click here and play it. Give it a try, you’ll probably like it. It won’t take you more than 10 minutes....
It is a good time to be in tech right now: soaring salaries, daily LinkedIn recruiter spam, people bootcamping their way into career switches to tech, remote work allowing you to work for a major tech company making triple digit salaries from the beach. It really feels like every single company is trying to recruit programmers nowadays, and doing whatever they can to get them. I’m certainly happy with the current state of affairs, but I can’t help but wonder: How does it end?...