Victim of Success
a Customer Success Manager's Notes to Self
AmigaGuru revisits Berra, the obscure 1994 Amiga adventure known for its outrageous humour and graphic violence, exploring its underground reputation and possible differences between surviving versions.
Build your own Game Boy Advance games with GBA Maker, a new code-first IDE that compiles directly to .gba ROMs. Plus, a look at the misplaced “anti-AI” backlash in the indie dev community.
HBO has officially set a Christmas 2026 premiere for its decade-long Harry Potter television adaptation, bringing a new generation of actors—and fresh casting controversies—to the Wizarding World.
As AI assumes responsibility for predictive health scoring and automated outreach, modern Customer Success Managers are evolving into strategic “value managers” focused on driving revenue and protecting net retention.
Northflank says it has contained an attack targeting stored secrets, but customers have reported unauthorised AI API key use. The incident highlights why credential rotation, activity checks and clear customer communication remain essential after containment.
LiberNT is an open-source ReactOS fork targeting Windows 11 compatibility across AMD64, ARM64 and RISC-V hardware. The project brings extensive kernel and driver changes, with experimental builds available for testing.
OpenBSD 8.0 brings support for up to 64 virtual CPUs per guest, Intel Arc graphics and ARM64 hibernation, while its Firefox package disables AI features by default.
Ahold Delhaize’s cyber incident has disrupted online shopping and access to loyalty rewards, putting customer trust under pressure. For Customer Success teams, it highlights the importance of clear communication, practical workarounds and follow-up throughout recovery.
AI is helping Customer Success teams save time, but its business value remains harder to measure. ChurnZero’s latest study highlights the gap between reducing manual work and demonstrating better customer outcomes.
Gloom Reforged 2.4.0 improves performance and compatibility for the classic Amiga shooter, with support for ECS, AGA and Picasso96. This version remains free, while future releases will move to paid distribution on itch.io.
Doom’s corridors have a new visitor: Descent’s spaceship. Doomscent blends familiar demon-infested levels with cockpit combat and free flight, with support extending to Heretic, Hexen and Chex Quest.
Windows93 is still evolving. Following its V3 launch earlier in 2026, the browser-based operating system parody is now on version 3.2.0—another excuse to explore its wonderfully strange mix of retro computing, digital art and internet mischief.
Time Crisis comes to Windows and Linux through an unofficial arcade port, bringing widescreen visuals, mouse controls and light-gun support. Part of the namco22-decompile project, this community effort gives Namco’s classic shooter a new home on modern PCs. Players must supply their own original game ROMs.
The Secret of Monkey Island has found an unexpected home on the Apple Lisa. An experimental port using the SCUIRRELS interpreter brings Guybrush’s adventure to Apple’s pioneering business computer, exploring what its 5 MHz hardware can do. Performance remains limited, with further improvements under consideration.
Super Mario Bros. CD is still in development, FamicomCD has confirmed. The team behind the fan-made Super Mario World ROM hack thanked fans for their continued support and promised more news when the time is right, without announcing a release date.
Win95GPT gives modern AI a Windows 95 makeover, complete with dial-up sounds, classic desktop tools and CRT effects. Using your own OpenAI API key, it pairs real-time AI conversations with the sights and sounds of 1990s computing—no actual dial-up connection required.
AnyPS5 aims to bring PS5 games to Windows and Linux through executable conversion, replacement system libraries and Vulkan graphics translation. The experimental open-source project offers an intriguing approach to compatibility, but early developer-reported progress is not yet proof that a wider library of games will run reliably.
A surprising retrocomputing experiment has surfaced: an NDIS 5.1 network driver made for Windows XP / Server 2003 reportedly running on Windows 98. It is an eye-catching compatibility breakthrough that hints at new possibilities for networking on vintage PCs—while also raising questions about how far this kind of driver support can really go.
Homebrew developer Game of Tobi pushes retro hardware with an ambitious 3D platforming prototype. Simplified worlds, tight storage limits and rough performance reveal the compromises behind the experiment—and the ingenuity involved in making old machines do something new.
Impossible Mission NEO puts a familiar retro name in your browser. Discover the web-based project and revisit the Commodore 64 classic that combined robot-dodging platform action, hidden password fragments and puzzle-solving against the clock.
