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Interviews are a thing, no one is hiring people based on self reported claims

> Also, I have ADHD. This is probably relevant, but I haven't quite figured out how. Yeah, ditto but having been through these ruts many times in the past I can offer some advice A…

The fact that it most people think it's a well-defined operation is what makes it a useful question. A total newbie who doesn't know how to code will fumble. A junior engineer will…

https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/history.rss and https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/history.json work as well.

It's pull rather than push, but you can use the public API to get notified of incidents: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/api/v2

This was a long time coming. I remember some MS folks talking to Ryan Dahl about doing this back at nodeconf 2011.

What was the inspiration to create yet another compile to JS language?

The DOM is to slow on mobile issue is what spawned http://famo.us/ . They go beyond virtual DOM by creating their own layout engine that then outputs to optimized DOM (or canvas/We…

The typing notation of TypeScript is on it's way to becoming part of Javascript. See http://www.2ality.com/2014/10/typed-javascript.html Going forward does not mean abandoning Java…

They left out the most obvious reason for them to switch. Their business is based on docker, coreOS etc . . . aka the Go ecosystem. In that context developing Go expertise just mak…

Me, I'm a Node.js guy, but that's in part because of my long history with JavaScript. I don't think I've ever been tempted to write anything in Dart, though there are some things I…

You can build the same quality of web app in any of the above. The question is how much you'll have to fight against the platform's pain points. Will you be CPU bound? Will you be …

The full blown node running on the JVM is called http://vertx.io/

http://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/

I know going home sucks. but I've been there, and my advice is to withdraw from your college, go home and maybe take some classes at your local junior college. your health is more …

It really depends on your application. Each language, platform and framework has a niche. Depending on what you're doing none of the above might even be the answer. You might be be…

There is no shame in having a failed startup. There is no shame in being between things. You just need to get out and talk to people. Let inspiration find you.

Docker is a useful tool that solves problems you likely don't have yet. It wouldn't hurt to learn docker, but I'd say don't worry about it.

Very nice, I like how easy the signup flow is.

Among my favorites is http://eloquentjavascript.net/ , which is a bit dated but still worth going through. The second edition is a work in progress which current to 2014 and could …

Unless you really need the money, it's always best to find the position where you will grow more. What skills will you pick up at the consulting firm? What skills will you pick up …

You can learn you some node with nodeschool http://nodeschool.io/

I'd be game

Skype but properly peer-to-peer was pretty much the theme of realtime conf this year take a look at this video: http://vimeo.com/77289728 They demo a federated video chat.