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I’m glad I became fit before becoming self-employed

Oct. 4, 2013 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

It’s Friday night and I’ve just survived my first week of being self-employed. It’s been a helluva ride getting all the paperwork straightened out, finding an accountant, opening a new bank account, sending out invoices, and, the most frightening of all, actually talking to people. I much prefer talking to computers - programming, solving problems or even dealing with merge conflicts, but I’m an adult now and I’m told I can’t just play around and code all day anymore.

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bakery — Where cookies are made!

Sept. 30, 2013 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

Djangodash is a coding contest where teams have 48 hours time to start and sprint a project. We worked on a website to host cookiecutter projects.

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bakery — Where cookies are made!

Sept. 30, 2013 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

Djangodash is a coding contest where teams have 48 hours time to start and sprint a project. We worked on a website to host cookiecutter projects.

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Using a game engine to draw a 3D graph crossplatform

Aug. 30, 2013 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

It was just a matter of time until my game development hobby started creeping into my serious work. I have made an application prototype, that draws a 3D graph, using what is essentially a game engine. The application can be run on Android, iOS, Blackberry and desktop (Windows, Mac OSX, GNU/Linux).

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Can I write a blog post on this?

Aug. 12, 2013 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

Recently I’ve bought a small bluetooth keyboard for my nexus 7. And when I say small I actually mean tiny. The keyboard is as big as the tablet.

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Shrinking the address bar width in browsers

July 17, 2013 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

Most modern browsers have a huge address bar that makes up a huge chunk of the browser chrome:

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My experience with Google Game Services

July 6, 2013 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

A month ago I’ve added Google Game Services (GGS) to my Android game. I’ve added a few achievements and a leaderboard and this is what happened:

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Getting features into Django

May 23, 2013 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]

Getting new features into Django isn’t easy. It’s that way for a reason — I spoke recently about why conservatism is a virtue — but it does happen. I’d like to do a better job explaining how we decide what goes in and what goes out, so here’s a lightly adapted version of something I posted on the mailing list this evening. It’s three things I look for when I’m trying to determine whether something is “right” for Django or not:

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Cross-platform Games

Feb. 24, 2013 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

So you want to create a cross-platform game that works on all the major operating systems and mobile as well? Here are some of your options:

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Google Analytics should use log scale

Feb. 16, 2013 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

Google Analytics is an awesome tool. I have the utmost respect for the googlers working on it every day.

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