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Exporting landscapes from Gaea to Unreal Engine 5

Exporting landscapes from Gaea to Unreal Engine 5

Recently, while working on a game development project, I needed to create a landscape. I found the landscape tools in Unreal Engine 5 to be unsatisfactory for what I wanted to create. That is when I came across Gaea, a node based terrain design tool. It had a free plan

Upgrading major versions of a multi instance Ghost setup

Upgrading major versions of a multi instance Ghost setup

I run a couple of blogs using Ghost and running on a Digital Ocean droplet and today I had to go through the arduous task of upgrading it. I am not exaggerating when I say arduous as it was anything but trivial. Initially, I started by upgrading the Ghost instances

Trying my hand at game dev

Trying my hand at game dev

The last few years have been been draining. The constant lockdowns along with the persistent existential threat sucked all my enthusiasm out of me. Nothing felt interesting anymore, not even gaming, one of the few joys of my life. I tried my hand at a lot of things, but nothing

Deploying a HA Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pi using Kubeadm

Deploying a HA Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pi using Kubeadm

❓Before I even begin, please note that things change fast in the Kubernetes space and unless you are using the exact same versions as mentioned in this post, this post might not be suitable for you. I have been working on Kubernetes at work for a little less than a

Elite Dangerous Will NOT Be a Dead Game by 2024

Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous Will NOT Be a Dead Game by 2024

I recently saw a tweet about a dead horse getting beaten up one more time. Only just read this, and it's a couple of months old now, but it expresses the concerns and fears of many about the future of #EliteDangerous and #elitedangerousodyssey worth a read. https://t.

Banking applications, please listen to your security experts!

Banking applications, please listen to your security experts!

Honestly, I have had it with Banking applications and their God awful "security" measures. Its almost as if they want malicious actors to get access to their customer's accounts. And its not just any one bank in particular, I have seen the same thing over and

I tried using ES Modules, I really did...

I tried using ES Modules, I really did...

I am an early adopter of technology, as long I don't have to pay and what better way to do that than using the latest and the greatest of the frameworks or tools while developing. This is my experience of trying to use ES Modules in my TypeScript

Start of a new blog

Getting Started

Start of a new blog

Well, so here I am. After working professionally over 5 years and 4 more as an engineer, I have finally decided to finally put in some effort into maintain a blog. I have been mulling over this for quite a while and finally bit the bullet. I have tried starting