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Chrome changing the rules again? Unpossible! Still, the good news is that people are leaving chrome for ff, safari, new ie, so soon, it will be less of a problem. Hurrah!

This is the kind of stuff you want running in a service out side of a micro kernel, but as we are stuck with systemd/gnu/linux systems, this is what we have...

Depends - are we hiring brogrammers or precious snowflake developers who must be feted and every desire fulfilled to keep them happy - and let them keep producing the crap bogging …

The Simpsons and HN have a lot in common - both still feasting on previous glories, both past their sale by date, both not even realising how tragic they have now become.

Yep. Chrome had its moment in the sun, helped push some vital changes in the web ecosystem in its day, but now it has become a parody browser. When it is not crashing it is a fragi…

So, the end user of the site has no say? They should be thankful they are even allowed to cast their eyes on such a technical masterpiece? Developer or not, people can spot a worry…

It is an awful experience. Mobile data is often sketchy, but these bloated sites don't render a single thing until all the twenty tons of front end crap is downloaded, and all to v…

Because the modern "developers" don't know how to do so. They barely manage to bolt together a backend that scaffolded everything magically for them, to react, less, and other "mag…

Because the modern "developers" don't know how to do so. They barely manage to bolt together a backend that scaffolded everything magically for them, to react, less, and other "mag…

My name is not Richard, or any abbreviations of it! But yes, I do actually know people who have have to have subsequent ops, where material was found from an earlier op. Not as unc…

It's true - the professor awarded everyone who turned up to class that day fifty percent, just for turning up! One student then started to question that decision - the professor sa…

I liked where he had to track down one patient because he had left the keys to the summer condo inside after they fell in during the operation! Makes you think...

Writing a good technical book is hard work with uncertain rewards, and the very real possibilities for loss for those involved, so how do some publishers seem to be able to have so…

I preferred the 'Pattern' pattern, where each line of code is its own pattern. In fact, I think he writing a whole new book about it now.

I have just bought a "Learning GROWS" book from the Pragmatic Programmer online store, and have hired a consultant to educate (inculcate?) the team on the new methodology. We even …

Code reuse is great, unless it is Qemu?

The article starts with the current note - agile as it was preached was never actually achieved, and most companies and practioners are doing it "wrong" (for varying degrees of wro…

The faux crowdrage these days is depressing. I suppose it is the modern version of the crowd gathering to watch a stoning, hanging or other public spectacle from the middle ages.

Someone made the point yesterday, a good point I think, that the Go and Rust crowd would be better served by showing positive blogs and examples (i.e. Here is how to build a small …