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benhoskins

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    Comment #4969829

    Nope, i'm saying is that the more you abstract and take out of the way of the coder, the quicker they can write code. Java did this to C type languages, and people got quicker. Rub…

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    Comment #4967587

    Seems to be missing the obvious; ruby and python (with some framework sugar) will mostly allow you there quicker than writing java with its framework sugar. I guess the trade off i…

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    Comment #4776714

    Wow; node.js comes along, and its like there's a hole in collective memory. Both Netscape and Microsoft had javascript rocking serverside late nineties / early 2000's (the same tim…

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    Comment #4531442

    I don't know if you have any TDD etc? I'm looking for good people right now: http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=3652085&...

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    Comment #4431275

    I haven't played StarCraft 2 yet. Wow; is it really that good? Think I might go buy a copy today.

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    Comment #4400487

    Hmmm. What the author fails to acknowledge is the 'bakelite' phenomenon. When bakelite was first used all those years back, it's sales tanked because it looked like the proto-plast…

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    Comment #4205165

    Fluff piece; is extreme programming the new extreme programming? Who cares! What problem is trying to be solved?