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It sounds like most of your stress is being caused by not having a Product Manager. You should find out what the deal is there from your manager, and if you don't like the answer, …

At the end of day, the customer does not care if, for example, you implemented their project as giant if-then conditional; as long as it works. It is the craftsman in us that makes…

If you have to check your principles at the door to do business in China, then maybe, just maybe you shouldn't be doing business in China.

I would recommend watching GroundHog day with Bill Murray. The key takeaway from this film I think, was be the brightest light in the room, be your most attractive self, and everyt…

This turned out to be an article about tech workers unionizing ... which I just don't see that as a solution in the tech industry in general, especially when companies have the cho…

This article basically describes the end-game of gentrification: a gated, affluent, homogeneous community devoid of uniqueness. On the bright side, those who have been displaced ha…

There is nothing wrong with Amazon getting an incentive. The question is are these cities doing their math and offering incentives that are both competitive and reasonable, that wo…

On one hand, I have to agree that China's closed/censored society is directly at odds with the product offering of a company like Google ... on the other hand, does one simply dise…

The plan calls for homegrown AI to match that developed in the West within three years, for China’s researchers to be making “major breakthroughs” by 2025, and for Chinese AI to be…

Also noteworthy in that series is Founders at Work, and Gamers at Work.

Assad eventually dies, probably of old age.

Apollo missions took about three days to reach the moon. But the quickest trip to the moon was the New Horizons probe, which zipped past the moon in just 8 hours 35 minutes on its …

jQuery isn't dead, and wasn't a failure. It is still widely used and probably will be for some time to come. There are many different types of web projects! For those that require …

The truth that truly terrifies people, is that some things happen without a rationale.

1984 with the introduction of the Macintosh, would be a better year to have picked, as it could be considered the beginning of the desktop publishing revolution.

The premise of Homefront is completely ridiculous! We're expected to believe that North Korea ... a nation of 25 million with limited resources and a half-starved population takes …

"The problem is, how do you stop it?" You stop it by holding people accountable for their actions. I manage to keep my work e-mail separate from my private e-mail, it's not hard.

I'll say it, because no one else seems to want to: It's time for muslims to grow the f--- up already. We have something in America called freedom of speech, its a cornerstone of ou…

I am trying to say there is a distinction between those who are trained professionals and those who have basic knowledge. I am getting the feeling people are taking this issue pers…

I see ... so we're watering down the profession to the point where it is all inclusive. Can I start calling myself a doctor the next time I administer first aid?

"The only thing to it, is to do it!" -- Martin Lawrence

I think he meant to say "never build a business based on adsense revenue".

The best thing you can buy for yourself is time. Undoubtedly our most precious resource. The base ingredient for any pursuit.

Minimum Viable Product. Defined in the book The Lean Startup.