Last weekend I participated in Trijam #313. Trijam is a weekly game jam where your goal is to make something playable (and fun!) in just 3 hours. The theme The theme for this game jam was “Strange Cravings”. This was the seventh Trijam that I participated with purpose to test...

Last weekend I participated in Trijam #310. Trijam is a weekly game jam where your goal is to make something playable (and fun!) in just 3 hours. The theme The theme for this game jam was “Vampires”. This was the sixth Trijam that I participated with purpose to test my...

Last weekend I participated in Trijam #309. Trijam is a weekly game jam where your goal is to make something playable (and fun!) in just 3 hours. The theme The theme for this game jam was “Dangerous Choices”. This was the fifth Trijam that I participated with purpose to test...

Another round with the newest scientific papers using GeneticSharp. 1) Optimized Work Schedule Generation in Construction Projects Abstract: This work introduces the Project Scheduling Problem with Marked Activities (PSP/mark), an extension of the classical Project Scheduling Problem where activities are annotated with environment-related properties, such as loudness or location, to...

Last weekend I participated in Trijam #307. Trijam is a weekly game jam where your goal is to make something playable (and fun!) in just 3 hours. The theme The theme for this game jam was “Web Of Issues”. This was the fourth Trijam that I participated with purpose to...

Another round with the newest scientific papers using GeneticSharp. Design and optimization of a GFRP and steel hybrid prestressed SFRC beam based on numerical and analytical approaches Abstract: Due to corrosion immunity, GFRP bars can be used in combination with steel bars and disposed in arrangements that take advantage of...

I’ve been working with Azure for years, but I had never stopped trying an official Microsoft certification until last month and after a month of studies, yesterday (30/11/2023) I successfully passed the exam for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900). In the post below I talk a little about the...

I decided to start a series of posts about some Azure resources and tools that are very useful to have in our Azure Utility Belt. For this first post, the chosen one is the Azure Diagrams by Shane Ochotny, Harsha Konduri, and Bret Myers. Introduction Azure Diagram is: an architecture...

A common scenario in many projects is to use a Resource File (.resx) to store exception/validation messages. An important and useful feature of the .resx files is that you can have one file for each culture that your application supports. For example, you can have one ErrorsMessages.resx as the default...

I started a series of posts about some outstanding scientific papers and projects using GeneticSharp. For this sixth post the chosen one is the Simulation-based layout optimization for multi-station assembly lines. Introduction Presents a novel approach for the automated 3D-layout planning of multi-station assembly lines. The planning method is based...