Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programmingNews/Links:
Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a Meteorologisthttps://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/

Announcing python in excelhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439

7 Habits of Highly Effective Software Engineershttps://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/

Raspberry pi 5 begins shipping
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping


Book of the Show
Patrick:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Illustrated Editionhttps://amzn.to/3St3L35


Jason: The Pete and Sebastian Showhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pete-and-sebastian-show/id570256898


Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=hTool of the Show
Patrick: Obsidianobsidian.md


Jason:Ink by Inkle
https://github.com/inkle/ink



Topic: Godot
What is a game engine?
Graphics, animation, particle effects
Tilemaps
Entity component systems
Physics
Sound
I/O
Input handling (touchscreen, joystick)
GDScript


Why use a game engine?
Portability
Allow for testing individual components of the game
Libraries for ads, in-app-purchases


Godot
Open source
Focused on 2-D but now many 3-D features
Great development environment


AI Hero
Started in phaser (development rut)
Moved to Godot, rapid prototyping




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