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Duolingo: How the $15B App uses Gaming Principles to Supercharge DAU Growth

Deconstructor of Fun

How is an education app rivaling the popularity of media & entertainment products? Friend Quests is a social co-op where you complete quests together before a given deadline. Duolingos rocketship user growth is because of its laserlike focus on becoming a daily habit product. Lock-In System #2: Social Pressure.

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Talking about quality training courses that add up to the real educational value, Unity developers are lucky to have a wider pool of options. Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. But regular external training is still essential.

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Logjam as mourning wood

Radiator Blog

Maybe you're dreaming of a queer vegan plant mom co-op, or maybe it's a concrete bunker where you hoard a 5 year supply of rations and ammunition, but either way there's a renewed collective fantasy of living and surviving in our imagined sense of nature. Of course the exact shape of the cabin varies with your politics.