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OCT
13
2026
Is Scalable Game Design a Thing?
David Wesst
As familiar as I am with scalable software design for non-game development projects, in this past iteration, I started to assess whether or not scalability is something I need to consider for video game design.
SEP
24
2026
The Future is Agentic (Prairie Dev Con 2026 Takeaways)
David Wesst
With Prairie Dev Con (PrDC) 2026 complete, there was a clear theme in everything I managed to see and share—the future of software development is agentic. This doesn't necessarily mean it's all "doom and gloom," but rather an evolution has taken hold in our industry.
AUG
12
2026
I Used Stacked PRs and Liked It
David Wesst
Stacked pull requests helped me organize and merge a set of dependent changes to this website—and gave me a little faith in GitHub as a platform again.
NOV
5
2025

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