Simon Agius Muscat

I write software and about software. Opinions of cats 100% my own. You can find my work at

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

A first for my blog - an opportunity to do a sponsored review for a product and I've got to say its a great one. Here's Part 1 of 3 of my review of the @PetoiCamp Bittle Robot Dog: https://t.co/u5ZzBC5Ydq

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Check out this recent blog post from Battlesnake Developer @simonamdev about their journey exploring @kubernetesio with @playbattlesnake 🐍

Get the 🔗 to the article at https://t.co/H2FMAQXm0X 👨‍💻

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

@CMDROrangeSpark @Slicebananas @KiittyPls Suits should be your thing man

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@CMDRJackLyttle yob laer

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@Griefed_ Looks great and really fits a use case - I was thinking of making something like this for my own home server in fact.

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@Griefed_ Whats the image provide??

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

Go 1.16 introduces file embedding as a first class citizen. I used this on my game Cabin Fever to remove the need of Docker to ship a single package, since I can now include any files in the go binary itself.

https://t.co/d07dHrwh9R

#go #golang #gamedev #devops #docker

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

Before you can practice Continuous Deployment, you need to lay the groundwork and ensure you have a single packaged unit to deploy. I explore this with my game Cabin Fever on my blog here:

https://t.co/5fhVjdTcx9

#gamedev #golang #docker #cicd

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

Working on my GameDevOps by documenting the process of adding Continuous Integration to my game Cabin Fever:

https://t.co/FWmkyrodjk

Next up: Continuous Deployment!

#golang #typescript #devops #cicd #jenkins #blog

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

One more blogpost in my Dev vs Ops series, this time its about playing hide and seek with docker:

https://t.co/yf9Ql8Okw0

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

I'm doing some research into multiplayer game hosting and would greatly appreciate if you could take a few minutes to fill in this survey for me: https://t.co/fEWCQK7i5E

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@Lavecon_

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@grandayy Most commenters get it wrong. If you just want to play around and see if you manage to get the basics, python or JS are just fine, but if you have an idea in mind then it depends what your project is.

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

Concurrency, Core Game Loops, Physics and TDD. My space browser game Cabin Fever is slowly but surely taking shape. You can read more about the last iteration here: https://t.co/zYyeYRDRfV

#gamedev #typescript #gaming #golang #go

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I'm still writing a game. For the front-end, I've chosen PIXIjs. Let's see how long that decision holds: https://t.co/ODyRvOQmkH

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

After writing over 3,000 words on why you should install Malta's Contact Tracing App, I have returned to lighter writing, continuing to write a real-time browser game...

This time I talk about WebSockets and authoritative servers: https://t.co/eSIkFKbm28

#game #go #typescript

[Simon Agius Muscat @simonamdev]

If you live in Malta and have not installed Covid Alert Malta, let me try to convince you otherwise. You can read my reasoning here: https://t.co/DJYhcqdpLQ.

The article is also available in Maltese: https://t.co/NidkkLP8Yi

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I'm building a browser game despite not knowing how. Here's why: https://t.co/OvkFJfthW0

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@KriBonni Thanks for the shoutout, much appreciated 😄 Its my little way of making the pandemic slightly easier to deal with!

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@streamlabs Emailed support over a week ago, yet no reply. Does the inbox even exist?