Armel Nene: PaaS Cloud - The Rise of The Developer Entrepreneur
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It used to be hard to build products in the past due to high cost of hardware; to build a java-based product you had to find a suitable... more »
Rovio's $42M Investment In 2011 Actually Went To Its Owners
In early May, Rovio came out with their financial results for 2011. Today, the National Board of Patents and Registration Of Finland has... more »
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Why Facebook is Killing Silicon Valley
I teach entrepreneurship for ~50 student teams a year from engineering schools at Stanford, Berkeley, and Columbia. For the National... more »
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What was Larry Ellison thinking in Java Android lawsuit?
IT SEEMS that Oracle's lawsuit against Google over its use of Java in Android has fallen apart. Although the trial is still ongoing, and... more »
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Bootstrapped GitHub Raising a Round from Andreessen Horowitz
Github is nearing a close on a round of venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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The Facebook Fallacy
Facebook is not only on course to go bust, but will take the rest of the ad-supported Web with it.
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A Git Horror Story: Repository Integrity With Signed Commits
It’s 2:00 AM. The house is quiet, the kid is in bed and your significant other has long since fallen asleep on the couch waiting for you,... more »
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The Agile Diet Plan
Many organizations have been “trying on” the Agile development process. But why is there such a variable success rate for getting to that... more »
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Users and End-Users Personalize Content via the Cloud
The cloud has enhanced users' ability to not only provide but also engage content according to unique needs and interests. This... more »
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ASUS Zenbook UX31E-DH52 -- A Developer's Perspective
The Zenbook is one of the new Intel-inspired "Ultrabooks" by ASUS. I was given one several months ago to review, and I've been using... more »
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Algorithmics for Hard Problems
I just finished up the Spring semester. Took a class called "Design and Analysis of Algorithms". [Got an "A", yeah!] Great course, great... more »
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Do you trust Google Big Query with your Big Data?
Google has come up with a Big data as-a-Service and it looks and feels great. But what are the implications?
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Why I Like Agile
Its been more than 2.5 years when I was introduced to the Framework. In the beginning when I heard about it, I took it as ‘just another... more »
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Why you need a devops platform
Integration is foundational to devops, and after your effort starts taking off, ad hoc integrations won't cut it. This post explains why... more »
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Why Method Overloading Sucks in Scala
Here’s the tl;dr: never use method overloading because it sucks. Method overloading sucks in Scala because it actually detracts from... more »
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GeeCON 2012: Been There, Done That | Tomek's blog
My relation from GeeCON 2012 conference.
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Test Automation – Is it a Specialized Career? Can Normal Testers Do Automation Also?
Test automation - How it was few years ago and where is it heading now. Do we need dedicated automation experts to do the test... more »
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IT New Hire or New Contract? Thoughts on IT On-Boarding
Starting a new IT position and a new company, your new perspective is valuable. Some things to keep in mind and observe.
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The Developer/Non-Developer Impedance Mismatch
Most software developers have probably heard of and even had experiences with the object-relational impedance mismatch (often addressed... more »
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Building an API: Test Harness UI
On the project I’ve been working on we’re building an API to be used by other applications in the organisation but when we started none... more »
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Stop labeling everything as an impedance mismatch!
Everybody knows the term ORM impedance mismatch. Lately we see the term "impedance mismatch" being used for pretty much anything where... more »
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Don't compete on features
The most important feature of Apple products is usability--Simple, aesthetic, easy to use. Their products may not necessarily the most... more »
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Being deaf | David Peter
At 21, I’m the youngest employee at 1000memories, the startup where I work1. I’m also their first deaf employee. At a startup, I likely... more »
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10 Indicators that you are in the wrong startup
Are you working in a startup but are not happy. Could it be one of these 10 indicators that you are in the wrong place?
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"Why I Hate Unit Testing"
So you went to work for the cool company that wooed you with promises of cutting edge technologies and techniques. In the interview, they... more »
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