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More than just Programmers
I came this article yesterday. In brief, it talks about a group of veteran programmers - 20+ years of experience, these guys - who lament about today's programmers lacking the skill to work at low levels of software or even…
Acquaintance with Rails
It's been a lengthy two months since I decided to sit down and try to learn Ruby on Rails. Having already been through PHP and Python (both Pylons and Django), Rails is one of those technologies that you…
Blind Hindsight
How many times have you heard about stories like Excite having a chance to buy Google, back in 1999, for $1 million? Or, if only someone not named Bill Gates got the rights to distribute MS-DOS for $75,000,…
The Value of Quora
A few days ago, I ran across this post commenting on the decline of Quora, at least in mindshare and media coverage. While this conclusion is dubious based on raw traffic numbers, my own anecdotal use has steadily declined since…
Readability, or the Lack Thereof
Call it an experiment gone wrong, or an overzealous symphony of clashing font properties; I've had more than one person complain that this blog's text isn't that readable, and that while the styles are…
HTML5 Madness
I'm conflicted. As a front-end web developer, I should be excited about the advancements in HTML5: the new HTML tags that correct all the hacks and self-replicating divs; the correctly cross-browser rendered styles which have…
