Ben Awad is a GameDev Who Sleeps 9 hours EVERY NIGHT to be Productive [Quincy Interviews him #121]

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Published on April 26, 2024 2:02:24 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pYdEAU9mk

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On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Ben Awad, a game developer who creates developer tutorials on YouTube and TikTok.

I hope you enjoy our conversation.

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Links we talk about during the interview:

Ben's game, Void Pet on Android and iOS (Built in React Native): https://voidpet.com/

XKCD coming on "Real Programmers" that Quincy mentions: https://xkcd.com/378/

React Native course by Ben Awad: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/create-an-app-that-works-on-ios-android-and-the-web-with-react-native-web/

I can't find my Mac Control hotkeys video tutorial that I mentioned anywhere, so I wrote a quick article explaining how to use these: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news//mac-control-keyboard-shortcuts-hotkeys-macos

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