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What you will find is opinions, more opinions, and even more opinions on all the aspects of software development - and with a large chunk of them based on real-world experience too.

Your mileage may vary. Batteries not included.

 

Ultra-fast Serialization of C++ Objects

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Quote: “in both these cases we can be 100% sure that we’ll be deserializing this state on the executable which is identical to the executable which serialized the state.”
Another Quote: “Even when comparing with home-grown code with per-field serialization, our Ultra-Fast Serialization still wins (up to 1.5x-2x) “
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Server-Side Hardware for MOGs

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Quote: “beware: “being able to handle 1Gbit/s in general”, and “being able to handle 1Gbit/s in 60-byte packets” are often two very different things”
Another Quote: “any heavily-writing DB is going to be quite sensitive to the latency of writing to the database log”
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Services Provided: Co-Location vs Rented/Dedicated Servers vs Cloud

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Quote: “in general – I suggest to have your first few servers rented, and think about scaling your load (including using cloud servers) while you’re running your playtesting/public beta/etc.”
Another Quote: “most likely to rent just the space in the datacenter is going to be more expensive that renting space plus servers-in-that-space. Don’t ask me why it is the case – but it usually is”
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Preparing to Deploy your Game: To Cloud or Not to Cloud?

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Quote: “In fact, the following “hybrid” model is more optimal than both pure cloud-based and pure rental-based ones”
Another Quote: “One relatively recent and certainly welcome addition to the cloud scene, is so-called “bare-metal cloud” servers.”
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