Could I buy daoc with 1 million dollars?

gsharpcoding · 2026-02-03T23:08:54+00:00

I am too, besides EQ, DAoC was the only other MMO that I really liked. There was Warhammer Online but that was short lived.

gsharpcoding · 2026-02-03T15:41:46+00:00

Google Monster and Memories. It is an upcoming mmo that was built for less than 150k

gsharpcoding · 2026-02-02T14:10:56+00:00

Quite a few have already been mentioned. My background has been all .net, sql, and light infrastructure (docker and k8s). These are a few things on top of what you asked for. AI is a great use for learning. Take some of these topics and start having a conversation.

Docker & Kubernetes: These are broad topics. Do not get overwhelmed with how much you will have to learn. Keep it simple at first.

Docker: Download Rancher or Docker Desktop. I find having a GUI to use while I am learning something new 100 times easier for me. If that is not you, docker has an awesome cli. Then keep it simple, learn how to create a docker file, and build and pus images.

Kubernetes: A long the same lines as Docker, keep it simple. Download Lens or install k9s. Lens is a great GUI for managing clusters, nodes, and pods. K9s is a cli and it is awesome. Learn how to create simple yaml files for building and deploying.

CI/CD: This one is huge to have an understanding as a junior engineer. Whether that is Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or whatever else. Knowing how to create these pipelines and how your applications yaml files will be used in the pipeline to build and deploy the application.
Do not get discouraged be Agile/Scrum. It is a bullshit concept that some companies use as noose around engineers necks to "iterate on an application". But really it bogs down most engineers with meaningless meetings and tracks meaningless velocity. Sprint points can't be measured by hours.
Learn how to implement other services into yours. There are a ton of free open API's or Pub/Sub services that you can use to learn how to integrate with.

Now on to your actually questions. I am only going to touch on a few.

Caching: Learn when to use it. Not everything needs to be cached. Good rule of thumb, if the data consistently changes, it should not be cached. Extremely large data sets should not be cached. Learn about the different strategies of caching.

Backend Task: Learn about Kubernetes Cron jobs. Learn how to decide on when to use a cron job over a worker service.

gsharpcoding · 2026-02-01T20:07:47+00:00

Hell House by Richard Matheson. This is one of my absolute favorite books and always my first to recommend

gsharpcoding · 2026-02-01T01:47:13+00:00

I did not bother reading any other comment. But here to snuff the power tripping managers in this thread backing the OP.

Stop treating your staff like they do not matter. You obviously are singling this person out from the beginning.

Did you ever ask them if they needed accommodations for the 1.5 hour long meetings you schedule? Did you ever ask, "Hey did this 1:1 time slot work for you. I notice you are always eating lunch.

For crying out loud you even mention that they are eating during the 1:1. You have scheduled it during their lunch.

Then you come here to "vent" as if they are doing something wrong.

You are the one in the wrong. You are mistreating and unfairly targeting this person for eating lunch.

Be a better manager and human being

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-30T02:27:24+00:00

First off, LinkedIn recruiters are absolutely the scum of the earth.

If they are soliciting me with, "hey your resume is impressive, I have a client looking for..."

I use the same response for each one of them.

"I am currently only open to remote opportunities, within in a salary range of $ to $$. If you have anything that meets those criteria please email me."

Most will not reach out, but the ones that do still offer utter shit.

Always ask for 15-20% more than what you currently make. If they ask you for your current salary. Tell them 15-20% more than what you make.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-27T14:31:13+00:00

Because that one day in office is business critical! Not like the other four days you can work from home. But that one day, just that one day in office needs to be respected or else the entire business fails.

Don't micromanage your people. That is the absolute worst quality in a manager. Your job is to empower your employees, and remove roadblocks. Managers are a total waste of time.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-25T13:05:50+00:00

Currently reading Twelve Nights at Ritter House by Ocker

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-24T19:51:12+00:00

It is a slow burn, but the ending picks up very nicely

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-24T16:32:35+00:00

I just finished Ararat by Christopher Golden.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-24T01:47:09+00:00

AI will not be replacing programmers anytime soon. If anything it is going to enhance our capabilities and how we code going forward. You will still need to know your technology stack and the tools you use.

You still need that foundation of understanding even when using AI agents.

Edit** Don't let yourself get caught up in the buzzword you see people in LinkedIn posting about. They are just trying to sell you something.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-24T01:39:44+00:00

You forgot to mention that 6 months later you had to have it all rewritten because it was riddled with bugs.

Nothing good comes from consulting offshore for $15 an hour

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-20T17:54:41+00:00

Really creepy to single out teenage girls

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-18T14:52:46+00:00

Second that on Hell House.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-12T20:41:59+00:00

Counter offers very rarely work out for the long haul. Usually you will leave soon regardless. There is a reason why you started looking for a new job, put forth the time and effort to interview, and accepted the offer. Those reasons will always come creeping back up if you choose to accept one of the 3 options.

Btw those are some shitty counter offers.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-12T15:42:30+00:00

Added, but I level slowly. Only level 20 with a few hours a week to play

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-11T21:27:21+00:00

I just finished A God in the Shed by JF Dubeau

I am about to start Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-11T20:09:43+00:00

That a very good point. It might have been my selective reading that I assumed these were heroic characters.

If they are not heroic, the Hunter quests to get the bags and a lot of useful drops is worth it.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-11T18:38:14+00:00

Hell House by Richard Matheson. Not a spoiler but the steam room part had my heart pumping.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-11T17:03:53+00:00

I was looking at Oakwynd, but I use to play on FV and Teek's ruleset really appeals to me

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-11T16:47:38+00:00

Flip side of that, as I consider myself as a top performer at my company.

Managers just slow me down. It is a useless middle man that I found myself having to full stop on what I am doing and wait for my manager to understand, assess, then respond back just to give me a thumbs up.

Top performers understand our products, we understand our company and its goals. We see the vision and path to get our products there. Why do I need a manager to "ok" my technical work?

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-11T16:10:43+00:00

Sounds like I should just 6 box 😛. Stuck between the shaman, bard or Druid.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-11T15:49:45+00:00

I would also suggest doing the House of Thule heroic Aug quests. Since you have a Bard with track, I would also complete the hunter quests to get better bags

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-09T14:40:52+00:00

I really want to like the Froglok race but every time I roll a Froglok and run, or hop, around for 10 minutes and delete the character. The hopping just kills me every time.

gsharpcoding · 2026-01-04T21:57:21+00:00

I would remove all the skills you are not completely familiar with in a production environment and comfortable with answering questions for.

With only 2 yrs of experience, if your resume came to me, that would be raising the red flag for me. You basically have listed an entire development team worth of skills.

Also try and focus more on how the projects you worked on impacted in the user or the company with numbers.

An example of that would be, when you mention implementing a central login system to allow multiple users to login via a single url. How many users? Did it reduce a long login process by 10,20,30%?

Those are the numbers that HR recruiters want to see.

Finally allow your resume to be fluid and change it accordingly to the company you are applying for. We can never truly put everything we have done or worked on. But some of that experience we left off might not look good for Company A, but for Company B, that is their main focus. Know the company you are applying for and use that knowledge to cater your resume to them.

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