Previously, we set up the foundational elements for our world, including a lobby where players spawn and a basic game area for our future maze. In this part, we’ll focus on implementing the core server-side logic for both the players and game controllers. We’ll handle player state management, allow players to press a button to…
Before we jump into today’s session, I want to give a big shoutout to our amazing Semester 2 instructors! We’ve got Oladapo Abimbola a brilliant computer programmer with solid experience in cloud technologies and Abubakar Siddiq Ango a Developer Education and Community Leader, and also a Developer Relations Engineer. We’re super lucky to have both…
The iconic floppy disk is reborn as a storage case for today’s terabyte-packing SD cards From 1.44MB past to terabyte present, the new design bridges eras creatively Fun artwork references glitch aesthetics and retro computing Floppy disks are unquestionably a relic from the past, although they still keep resurfacing in unusual places – most recently,…
5G phones can be silently downgraded to insecure 4G, leaving the device exposed The exploit works without setting up expensive and complex fake towers Tested smartphones include flagship models from Samsung, Google, Huawei, and OnePlus In late 2023, researchers uncovered a set of flaws in 5G modem firmware from major chipmakers, including MediaTek and Qualcomm,…
Nvidia Jetson AGX Thor debuts with Blackwell GPU, 128GB memory, and 1TB storage Early reviews describe a capable platform offering serious performance improvements over Jetson Orin Reviewers agree it will appeal to developers needing powerful hardware for projects Nvidia recently launched the Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit, a $3,499 platform designed for robotics and edge…
Creating MetalEAGLLayer: A Comprehensive Guide to Building the Perfect Adapter Introduction: Why Build an Adapter? As iOS development evolves, developers frequently encounter situations where legacy third-party frameworks expect deprecated APIs while modern iOS versions demand contemporary solutions. The MetalEAGLLayer adapter represents a sophisticated solution to one of the most common challenges in iOS graphics programming:…
“Imagine you’re building a contact management app. You store names in a simple array. At first, it works fine — just 5 contacts. But soon, your app has 500 contacts, and now you need to find, add, or remove contacts quickly. Suddenly, arrays start feeling rigid, slow, and limited. How do you manage dynamic data…
FastAPI is an amazing web framework for building HTTP-based services in Python and very accessible to newcomers. Which to some extent might encourage some to skip the documentation in favour of speed – or at least an illusion of it. When I first started building with FastAPI, I made my fair share of mistakes when…
More Samsung Galaxy leaks have appeared online New phones and tablets are expected next week We now know almost everything about these devices Samsung has booked in another Galaxy launch event for next Thursday, September 4, and we’re seeing plenty of leaks around what to expect in terms of devices – and specifically, the Galaxy…
Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, August 30 (game #1314). Quordle…
