Jacob

Jacob

Jacob is a software engineer with over 2 decades of experience in the field. His experience ranges from working in fortune 500 retailers, to software startups as diverse as the the medical or gaming industries. He has full stack experience and has even developed a number of successful mobile apps and games. His latest passion is AI and machine learning.

15 Singleton Benefits in Game Development 🎮

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Video: Singleton – Good or Bad? What are the benefits of using the Singleton pattern in game development? The short answer: it gives genuinely global systems one controlled instance, convenient access, and a predictable place to manage shared services such…

Are Design Patterns Hurting Your App? ⚠️

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Video: 10 Design Patterns Explained in 10 Minutes. Yes, there are drawbacks to using coding design patterns in app and game development. They can add boilerplate, hide control flow, slow protyping, increase maintenance work, and even hurt runtime performance when…