Microsoft leads the day again with one of its last announcements from last week. SQL Server Developer Edition is now free. This could help get SQL Server into some more companies that are looking to support it but the cost was somewhat prohibitive. On KD Nuggets we get a list of 10 essential books for… Read More Geek Reading April 4, 2016 #1076
TechCrunch leads the day reporting on a new type of metallic glue that can replace solder, MesoGlue. This is really interesting because it has the potential to change the electronic hobbyist industry and potentially more. High Scalability gives us a very nice introduction to scaling to 11M+ users on Amazon AWS. Not surprisingly, there is… Read More Geek Reading January 12, 2016
Paul Graham leads the day with hist post about writing like you talk. Paul doesn’t write too frequently, but when he does, you should probably listen. Gil Zilberfeld talks about how you can’t build an MVP if you are expecting it to make money. It is an interesting perspective on a hot current trend. On… Read More Geek Reading October 27, 2015
Leading our stories today are two job related posts. On DaedTech, he talks about what his candidate description is. This is an interesting take on the recruitment idea, more from the perspective of what your desired position really is. Have you really ever thought about it? On the Developsense Blog, he talks about the various… Read More Geek Reading June 16, 2015
Today we lead off with a post from Dave Winer at Scripting News. It is not really about reporters, but more about making applications simpler to use. Admin Ofunne has a good post regarding when to scale. The main point is that if you have done this long enough, you start making applications fairly complex… Read More Geek Reading March 3, 2015
As people wait in line to worship at the Altar of Apple, I figured you might want a break from the rumors. However, a post I planned to write months ago decided to take a more concrete shape due to the fanboi frothing. Apple is successful with much of its new technology. Not just a… Read More Apple Is Successful Because They Make Complex Look Easy
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