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I love Ember - and one of the best things about it is its emphasis on convention over configuration. React is the exact opposite. While it's an amazing library, it only makes up on…

The problem with coalescing around React is that it's not really a framework. The lack of a default Rails-like monolith encourages every dev to assemble their project from a la car…

Sounds like an opportunity to sell some roadside assistance (either from Tesla directly, or from a third party that will pick up the slack otherwise).

Biases come into play even when judging supposedly objective things like technical merit. In a startup environment where every new hire has a huge impact on the outcome of the comp…

Being able to view source is a design goal of WebAssembly, according to [0]. If an organization doesn't want you reading their JS, there are already plenty of tools to make it near…

I think that last sentence is spot on. It's an extension of the American Dream: "those who deserve reward will be rewarded." The problem is that many people also believe its insidi…

At what point does it make sense for Google-likes to educate their own workforce, skipping the university model entirely? They've already created a B.A. substitute by sponsoring Ud…

The professor's attitude that you're talking about is perfectly valid - as is your own (opposite) attitude. The tension is a result of modern universities being dual-purpose. On on…

Memorizing documentation and obscure bash tricks is the last thing a developer should be expected to do. Even reading the documentation (in its 'raw' form) can sometimes be harmful…

This is great! What's everyone's strategy? I was able to get 20 by obsessively combining small tiles first, but just barely. The biggest problem is the rows that calcify and lock t…

A relevant quote from Chris Inglis, former NSA Deputy Director: "If we were to score cybersecurity the way we score soccer, the tally would be 462-456 twenty minutes into the game.…