---
weekly_roundup: true
title: 'Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 15th February 2016'
date: '2016-02-19 14:30:00 UTC'
author: 'Murray Steele'
tags: # (Delete as appropriate)
- Culture

---

## Deadlock empire! - [Murray S](/people#murray-steele)

https://deadlockempire.github.io/

An in-browser game that teaches you about the pitfalls of thread programming.  You play the part of a scheduling wizard defending a realm against attack by the parralel wizard.  Your only form of defense is to run the enemey code in such a sequence as to cause deadlock or thread exceptions.  It's fun, fairly short, and a good exploration of how hard it is to write correct thread-safe code even with all the mutexes, queues, semaphores, and condition variables at your disposal.

## Track of the Week - []()

---
weekly_roundup: true
title: 'Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 15th February 2016'
date: '2016-02-19 14:30:00 UTC'
author: 'Murray Steele'
tags: # (Delete as appropriate)
- Culture

---

## Deadlock empire! - [Murray S](/people#murray-steele)

https://deadlockempire.github.io/

An in-browser game that teaches you about the pitfalls of thread programming.  You play the part of a scheduling wizard defending a realm against attack by the parralel wizard.  Your only form of defense is to run the enemey code in such a sequence as to cause deadlock or thread exceptions.  It's fun, fairly short, and a good exploration of how hard it is to write correct thread-safe code even with all the mutexes, queues, semaphores, and condition variables at your disposal.

## Continues delivery standards and what's no longer good enough - [Paula S](/people#paula-stepinska)

https://gojko.net/2016/02/01/potentially-shippable/

Thoughtful article about changes in software delivery and how 'potentially shippable' should be a minimum to reach and not the aim we look for at the end of each iteration.

## Track of the Week - [Tyron T](/people#tyron-toplis)

This song picks me up no matter what mood im in and Bonham just owns the drums!

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GonQSHxzb1k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
["Rock'N'Roll" by Led Zeppelin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GonQSHxzb1k)

Add TotW and one roundup link from me
Add TotW and one roundup link from me
