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If they wrote it in a book, it MUST BE GOOD CODE! Or How many mistakes can fit into 100 lines of book tutorial code. Part 1
August 24, 2015 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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Throwing away 1400 bytes for no reason for every single network message is an outrageous waste
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Having this kind of stuff in your code is like having a time bomb: it will explode, and for any sizeable project if will usually happen sooner rather than later (unless, of course, “later” is the worst possible time for the explosion to happen)
Filed under: On.ProgrammingNetwork Programming
Read moreInvented a Security Feature and Is Very Proud of It!
August 17, 2015 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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If you're very proud of some feature - think twice if it will really work.
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One thing nobody realised for a while is that the system with the least possible amount of chargebacks is the system which rejects all transactions outright
Filed under: On.DevelopmentDevelopment Processes
Read moreClient-Plus-Server Password Hashing as a Potential Way to Improve Security Against Brute Force Attacks without Overloading the Server
August 10, 2015 by • “Sergeant Major” Hare
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Client-Side password hashing (in addition to existing server-side hashing) can improve resilience to brute-force attacks.
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Even if client-side is 10x slower than server-side, it leaves us with 10x improvement which is certainly a good thing to have
Filed under: On.SecurityResearch
Read more2D Scaling Basics for Games and Web Design
August 3, 2015 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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2D scaling is a headache.
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For us (as developers) it is important to know that the difference does exist, and that we should be ready to store graphics with larger sizes even when we personally don't see the need to do it.
Filed under: On.ProgrammingTips and Tricks
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