When I was growing up in the 80’s my favourite games to play were adventure games. I’ve always found myself going back to this genre, and as I grew up and moved into software development the ScummV...

Let's Adventure! A Journey into Adventure Games (1980-1999)

Optimizing MongoDB Compound Indexes - The "Equality - Sort - Range" (ESR) Rule
UPDATE DOCS-11790 has finally been implemented and as a result the MongoDB public documentation now contains a tutorial for The ESR (Equality, Sort, Range) Rule! Working in Technical Servic...

Recovering a WiredTiger collection from a corrupt MongoDB installation
April, 1 2019: I’ve received a LOT of feedback on this article since it was published. I would like to point out that although the methods described here may still work, MongoDB introduced a --r...

Ripper (Take-Two Interactive) - 1996
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Ripper is a 1996 interactive movie point-and-click adventure game developed and published by...

Manhunter 2: San Francisco (Evryware) - 1989
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Picking up immediately where Manhunter: New York left off, Manhunter 2: San Francisco has th...

Improving the Node.js Driver’s SCRAM-SHA-256 Support
Cross posted from the MongoDB Blog MongoDB always strives to offer best-in-class features, functionality, and security. A number of authentication mechanisms currently exist to verify the iden...

Uninvited (ICOM Simulations) - 1986
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Uninvited is a black-and-white horror-themed point-and-click adventure game. It was original...

Changes to findOneAnd* APIs in Node.js Driver 6.0.0
Cross posted from the MongoDB Blog One exciting change that is coming in release 6.0.0 of the Node.js Driver is that the modified (or original) document targeted by a findOneAnd* operation wil...

Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths (Nayma Software, Prograph Research S.r.l.) - 1999
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. This game is available for free from the developers at https://www.tony-tough.com/en/shop...

How Many Connections is My Application Establishing to My MongoDB Cluster?
MongoDB Atlas is the best way to host your MongoDB data, but it’s important to be aware that like any other managed service there can be limitations. For example, MongoDB Atlas - depending on the s...

Snatcher (Konami) - 1988
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Snatcher is a cyberpunk graphic adventure game developed and published by Konami. It was wri...

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Sierra On-Line) - 1993
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game, developed and ...

Torin's Passage (Sierra On-Line) - 1995
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Torin’s Passage is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Lin...

Return to Ringworld (Tsunami Games) - 1994
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Return to Ringworld is the sequel to the previous game based on Larry Niven’s “Known Space” ...

Companions of Xanth (Legend Entertainment) - 1993
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Companions of Xanth is based on Piers Anthony’s Xanth novels and loosely follows the plot of...

DreamWeb (Creative Reality) - 1994
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. DreamWeb is an MS-DOS and Amiga point-and-click cyberpunk top-down adventure game released i...

Ace Ventura (7th Level) - 1996
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Ace Ventura: The CD-Rom Game is an adventure game released for the PC based on the animated ...

Murder on the Mississippi (Activision) - 1986
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Murder on the Mississippi is a 1986 detective adventure game developed and published by Acti...

Round Trips to Authenticate a MongoDB Client Connection
When MongoDB Drivers establish a connection with a MongoDB cluster a number of network round trips are performed. This can result in increased latency when measuring the time to response of an oper...

Identifying Ruby Developers' Favourite IDEs for Ruby/Rails in 2023
Cross posted to DEV As a Product Manager, data is everything when it comes to making decisions. One of my responsibilities as a PM for Developer Interfaces is to understand how our developer c...