Personal – Petros Amoiridis

Started making games as an indie

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023No Comments

Some thoughts and notes on starting making games as an indie dev and why.

The last heartbeat at Zed

May 17, 2023May 18, 20232 Comments

Today marks the last day at Zed Industries. After a 5 month period, I decided to end the 6 month contact a bit earlier to focus on what’s next.

A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Los Angeles for my first summit with Zed Industries. I haven’t done that for some time now. I used to do that a lot when I worked at GitHub. The route was pretty much standard. Thessaloniki to Frankfurt or Munich, and then a 10 or 12 hour flight to San Francisco. This time it was from Thessaloniki to Munich to Los Angeles.

My first four weeks at Zed Industries

February 8, 2023April 3, 2023No Comments

I am not going to lie. Starting over again with a new programming language, after 12 years of not coding full time is not easy. I have been spending most of my time, learning, and staring at code not knowing what it does. I feel my brain works at 1/4 of the speed of more experienced colleagues. Zed Industries is all about pairing. And I’ve now paired with 5 different people. I often get this feeling that I am slowing everyone down.

Why did I choose Rust for jumpstarting my programming career?

January 8, 2023April 3, 2023No Comments

I could have chosen Ruby, Elixir, and other languages I had some experience with. But I went with Rust, which is a bit more difficult to learn. And I knew nothing about. Why?

I am joining Zed for at least 6 months

January 3, 2023April 3, 2023No Comments

I am excited to share that I will be joining Zed Industries, starting January 17th. I will be there for at least 6 months. Hopefully, for much longer.