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
Wired starts our day with an interesting story about how our satellites can be used for mapping earthquakes. Following on that we have a few good scalability articles. On ferd.ca, we get to read about lessons learned working on large-scale server software. This article also gives us the best quote on distributed systems that I… Read More Geek Reading April 28, 2015
In part 1 of the programming language job trends, we reviewed Java, C++, C#, Objective C, and Visual Basic. In today’s installment, we review trends for PHP, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, and PERL. Watch for part 3 in the next few days, where we will look at some emerging languages and others gaining steam. First, let’s look at the trends from Indeed.com: Much like the languages in part… Read More Programming Language Job Trends Part 2 – August 2014
In part 1 of the programming language job trends, we looked at Java, C++, C#, Objective C, and Visual Basic. In today’s installment, we review the trends for PHP, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, and PERL. Watch for part 3 in the next few days, where we will look at Erlang, Groovy, Scala, Lisp, and Clojure. First, let’s look at the trends from Indeed.com: As you can see, there… Read More Programming Language Job Trends Part 2 – February 2014
The next installment of the August job trends is for “web and scripting languages”. This list currently includes Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Groovy and Erlang. I looked at including Clojure during this update, but the demand still needs to increase a bit. If you think I should be including another language, please let me know in the comments. First, let’s look… Read More Web And Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – August 2013
The second post in the February job trends posts focuses on what I call “web and scripting languages”. This list currently includes Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Groovy and Erlang. If you think I should be including another language, please let me know in the comments. First, let’s look at the trends from Indeed.com: Much like the traditional language trends, the trends… Read More Web And Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – February 2013
In the last post I reviewed the trends for traditional languages like C# and Java. Today, we return to a list I call “web and scripting languages” because I do not have a better name. This list currently includes Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Groovy and Erlang. If you think I should be including another language, please let me know in the… Read More Web And Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – August 2012
Yes, February is one of two job trends months. Last week I focused on the trends for traditional languages like C# and Java. Today, we return to a group of languages that people mentioned in comments frequently. I call this list “web and scripting languages” because I do not have a better name for these.… Read More Web And Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – February 2012
August is one of the months that I devote to job trends. Last week I focused on the trends for traditional languages like C++ and Java. Today, we return to what I call the web and scripting languages. You may be wondering what I mean by “web and scripting languages”, and my list currently includes Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Flex and Groovy.… Read More Web And Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – August 2011
As is typical in the blogosphere, people will latch onto whatever topic is popular or controversial. Today, I read an interesting post from Michael Arrington regarding the responses to his investment policy. In his “Screw Them All” post, he says something very interesting, and possibly obvious to some people: the really important thing to remember,… Read More Acknowledge Your Bias And Succeed
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