Disclosure: On this site you won’t find specific advice on “how to call function xyz()”. Interpreting C++ ARM and #pragma dwim is also out of scope.

We’re treating our readers as intelligent beings who can use Google and/or StackOverflow, where all such specific questions were answered more than once.

What you will find is opinions, more opinions, and even more opinions on all the aspects of software development - and with a large chunk of them based on real-world experience too.

Your mileage may vary. Batteries not included.

Direct Payment Processing. Recovery from ‘Unknown’ Transaction Status. PCI DSS.

January 3, 2017 by “No Bugs” Bunny

PCI DSS Audit

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With the Direct Processing, customer should trust us (the merchant) with their details

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On the other hand, most of PCI DSS requirements make perfect sense regardless of formal compliance

Filed under: Book: D&D of MOGs1st beta of Vol. IV-VIOn.SecurityBest Practices

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Determinism: Requirements vs Features

December 26, 2016 by “No Bugs” Bunny

Schroedinger's Cat vs Production Post-Mortem, Low-Latency Fault Tolerance, and Replay-Based Regression Testing

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Apparently, in practice there is big difference between cross-platform determinism and same-executable determinism, both in abilities they can provide, and from implementation complexity point of view

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Cross-platform determinism is the strictest definition of determinism I know; not surprisingly, there are quite a few factors which can break it

Filed under: On.System Architecture(Re)ActorsOn.ProgrammingTips and Tricks

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Payment Processing. Credit Cards. Chargebacks and Collateral Damage

December 20, 2016 by “No Bugs” Bunny

Zero Chargeback Guarantee

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Chargeback monster will come from under the bed and will eat all your hard-earned money!

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it is trivial to develop a system with guaranteed zero chargeback rate – to achieve this, it is sufficient to decline each and every transaction at pre-filter stage

Filed under: Book: D&D of MOGs1st beta of Vol. IV-VI1st beta of Vol. VII-IXOn.SecurityFraud Prevention

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Update on Progress with “Development & Deployment of MOGs” book, and updated ToC too

December 15, 2016 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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I have to admit that I neglected to post updates about the progress with my “Development & Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games” book. Sure, new “1st beta” Chapters from upcoming Vol. 2 are posted every week, but any information about the progress of Vol. 1 was available only on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. I am happy

Filed under: Book: D&D of MOGsTable of ContentsOtherAnnouncements

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