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babuskov

5,374 karma · joined August 23, 2011

Started programming when I was 9. Built my first game using assembler on Amiga 500 when I was 13. Later moved to C, C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript.

Founded a couple of open source projects, most remarkable being flamerobin.org, which is now the default administration GUI for the open-source FirebirdSQL DBMS. I got really close with people in that community (had beers with most core developers ;) and even presented some papers/sessions at three Firebird conferences. I also run the official Firebird FAQ website at firebirdfaq.org.

Wrote some shareware software available at guacosoft.com. Most successful product is a home-inventory application called Attic Manager.

From 2009 got interested into web space, but mostly kept alive by making accounting software.

In 2014, tested waters on Android, built a space shooter game Drone Invaders in just 23days: http://bigosaur.com/blog/23days

In 2018, built and released Rogue Bit, a puzzle game about computer internals. You play as a single bit of RAM who became sentient and decide to escape the computer into the real world:

http://roguebit.bigosaur.com

From 2015 to 2021, built "Son of a Witch", a roguelike brawler best explained as a mix of Castle Crashers and The Binding of Isaac. It's available on Steam and Nintendo Switch:

https://sonofawitchgame.com

Currently working on a puzzle game called Block Buster Billy, which can be best described as Baba Is You meets Math:

https://bigosaur.com/bbb

You can see my progress on my Twitter: @bigosaur.

You can e.mail me at milan_at_bigosaur dot_com.

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When TestOnly=1 means testing is disabled

serverfault.com·1 pts·babuskov·
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Sudoku and Metroidvania = Sudokuvania

sudokuvania.com·2 pts·babuskov·
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Blender MCP maintainer GitHub account hacked

twitter.com·24 pts·babuskov·
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Angel Investor Simulator

store.steampowered.com·2 pts·babuskov·
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Latest Debian 12 update opens MariaDB server to the internet

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Angel Investor Simulator

guacosoft.com·2 pts·babuskov·
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Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other Middle East countries

github.com·283 pts·babuskov·
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Why I'm no longer releasing Linux builds of my games

bigosaur.com·2 pts·babuskov·
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OpenAI crawler burning money for nothing

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7 years and still no ability to move message across channels in Discord

support.discord.com·5 pts·babuskov·
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Xz sshd backdoor collecting usernames from logs

isc.sans.edu·143 pts·babuskov·
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AI Content on Steam

steamcommunity.com·2 pts·babuskov·
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Ask HN: Is there a known phishing attack via Facebook support inbox?

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Search box has been added to your taskbar. Want to keep this change?

old.reddit.com·1 pts·babuskov·
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Open Enterprise Linux Association

openela.org·2 pts·babuskov·
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Someone keeps trying to reset my Facebook password

reddit.com·208 pts·babuskov·
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Human Motion Diffusion Model

github.com·230 pts·babuskov·
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We worked for 4 months to build a port for Stadia and today we finished it

old.reddit.com·376 pts·babuskov·
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Twitch plays Blockbuster Billy live

twitch.tv·1 pts·babuskov·
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Breeding Millions of Mosquitos

gatesnotes.com·2 pts·babuskov·
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Ask HN: Is there a reason Micosoft servers would access my account via IMAP?

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Facebook removes pages with Meta in their name

old.reddit.com·4 pts·babuskov·
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Ask HN: Do the recent HN changes bother people who use screen readers?

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Undercover at a Troll Farm (2019)

investigate-europe.eu·113 pts·babuskov·
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Embed Data in Blockchain

live.blockcypher.com·1 pts·babuskov·
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How Amazon Reviews Work

reddit.com·1 pts·babuskov·
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Chrono.gg is shutting down and launching a new Nexus website on October 30th

community.chrono.gg·1 pts·babuskov·
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I lost €4k in a Facebook scam

github.com·614 pts·babuskov·
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I prerecorded myself in video meetings for a week

cnet.com·1 pts·babuskov·
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Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results

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