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A tribute to Turbo Pascal

The programming language / IDE which kickstarted my career, Turbo Pascal was 40 years old last week. Of course I did not start programming 40 years ago. Version 6 was released in the same year I got my first PC.

IDE

Turbo Pascal was not my first programming environment. I was 6 years old and was happy …

The Java 21 update

YouTube just recommended me this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZibsO2doQjU

tl;dr Java is simplifying the way you declare your program’s entry point.

What used to look like this:

class Program {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello World"); …

The hiring challenge

On job interviews for team lead and higher positions, there are questions raising almost all the times:

Have you ever had to deal with a difficult team member? How did you handle the situation? Can you describe a time when you had to make a tough decision? How did you weigh the pros and cons, and …

Choosing a programming …

So, I began to work on my Ascendancy remake. I had to find the right tools for the job.

tl;dr: the port is being made in PYTHON. It was not my first choice as explained below, and it’s not ideal either.

The code will be available on Github Make sure to checkout the develop branch: I’m pretty far …

Ascendancy remake

So, after long planning, I finally started working on my Ascendancy remake. I’ve had this in my mind for a very long time.

Ascendancy was one of my favorite childhood games. Unfortunately, it was almost completely inaccessible to me. When it was released, I had no computer that matched its …