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Have you thought about starting a side project outside of work? Something that might satisfy your itch for meaningful work or something that might "force your hand" in building rel…

I tend to disagree with the statement that you've already failed if you decide to eagerly load resources before they are used or needed. Take queue from Google or others who pre-fe…

Where do you get the $1k/month from? Finalists are granted access to the API on Feb 11, 2013 and are required to submit their entries by March 1, 2013. Assuming that they also noti…

I'm not sure that I understand all of the negativity around this. If Campbells had called this a contest instead of a hackathon, would it change your opinion on the details of the …

Haha! Having developed with both languages I can honestly say that Coldfusion (one word) simplifies 90+% of the tasks that you would need to use on a regular basis. Is PHP more fea…

"The bonus system was originally set up for high up executives to tie their comp more exactly to company performance since they are responsible for it. As a dev you are not respons…

Your site is broken in IE7. http://min.us/mvbDq8b As sad as it may be, IE6 and IE7 are still the most prominent browsers used by corporate America. If you are building b2b apps you…

I wonder if Google took into consideration their own customer service into the equation? Non-existent support is just as bad as being a douche.

Been using CF for 10 years, Java for 5. CF is a great bridge from the functionality and performance of Java with the ease and natural fit of a loosely typed language when building …