The Application Cache is no longer a Douchebag

A new command for the Firefox Command Line (part of the Developer Tools) named appcache to manipulate/inspect the appcache. As someone commented on the original post: Somebody has recently pointed out that the appcache is still a douchebag but at least Firefox now has a way to tell us why. The Application Cache is no …

Ghostlab — Synchronized testing for web and mobile.

Ghostlab synchronizes scrolls, clicks, reloads and form input across all connected clients. This means what you’re testing is not the simple page load, but the full user experience. The concept behind it is dead simple actually: start a webserver serving the project and inject some .js which keeps all connected browsers in sync using websockets. …

The McDonald’s Theory of Bad Ideas

I use a trick with co-workers when we’re trying to decide where to eat for lunch and no one has any ideas. I recommend McDonald’s. An interesting thing happens. Everyone unanimously agrees that we can’t possibly go to McDonald’s, and better lunch suggestions emerge. Magic! Remember: There are no bad ideas while brainstorming! McDonald’s Theory …

Indie Game Devs vs. Piracy

When we released our very first game, Game Dev Tycoon yesterday, we did something unusual and as far as I know unique. We released a cracked version of the game ourselves, minutes after opening our Store. The cracked version is nearly identical to the real thing except for one detail … as players spend a …