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Development & Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games - now on Leanpub

January 6, 2017 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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I am happy to let everybody know that from now on, Vol.1 of my upcoming book “Development & Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games” is available via Leanpub

Filed under: OtherAnnouncements

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

January 3, 2017 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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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

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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

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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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