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Well, it is a big list, isn't it? I doubt that the author actually uses all of these tools. Consider that the list contains Cygwin plus a whole bunch of utilities that are native C…

Is speed /really/ the reason people don't use Groovy? If that were true, then I think JRuby be more popular. It is faster yet remains dynamic. There are various efforts to make Gro…

Do you have any examples of hue multinational companies that allow programmers to insert Easter eggs? I can't think of a single business software vendor that has Easter eggs anymor…

Am I misunderstanding this: "7 of the 18 Android phones never ran a current version of the OS." "12 of 18 only ran a current version of the OS for a matter of weeks or less." That …

XCode is based on the same framework as the other IDEs, so you can expect excellent refactoring, static analysis, and "code rewriting" features. Also, the version control integrati…

There is only one chart that shows relative numbers, such as percentages. The rest just show absolute numbers. These would be much more interesting if they provided a year to year …

If you seek out English speaking peer groups, then yes learning German will be harder. Luckily(?) for me I am one of only two English speakers in my company, so none of my friends …

I moved to a German speaking country about a year ago. I'm not brilliant at languages, but I've made great progress and most people are surprised to find out how little German I sp…

It's interesting to see such a mature and well-defined process for inclusion as on open source committer. I know the Apache Foundation has some definitions of the contributor level…

I have heard positive things said about RubyMine from JetBrains. However, it is not free and some complain of slow project parse times at startup. Disclaimer: I do have an off and …

I have found through experience that different cultures/markets require different qualifications. In the US you can create some practical experience (home projects) for yourself an…

I go back to coffee for two reasons: 1. Invariably I hit a stretch of life that requires great effort and I just /need/ a cup of coffee (last year it was a week with 2 transatlanti…

The biggest risk is that someone would lie to me during an interview, I would hire them on good faith, and would later find out that they have questionable ethics. Please don't lie…

I give up coffee every year for at least 40 days. It takes at least two weeks to start being as productive again, but after that cooling off period my productivity begins to rise. …

The numbering is based on the "Tip" Numbers from the Effective Java book. Each tip is numbered and indexed, and it is common to use the tips during code reviews.

These are good tips for any language, not just English. I would add, "find a free daily newspaper" in the target language. Even just reading the captions to pictures for 15 minutes…

I had Simon draw a monster version of the mascot from my open source project for no other reason than it was fun. For $8 it seems like a bargain for a bit of a laugh.

Hi, for 9 months now I have run a swiss hacking club. We've pushed numerous patches to projects over the months and had a lot of fun doing it. I want to spread the word about our c…