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I love it! Just whipped up a couple of toy web services in 15 mins using Spark. They will be part of a technical interview coding task. True, Spark may not be better/more concise t…

I like it! Easily build a pretty page, drop in a 'lil angularJs app & go. Too bad I'm not a mac guy...

This is very upsetting. I live in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood & pass by what I suspect is a similar temp agency, while on my way to the gym in the morning. Now I feel even …

I'm a back end java guy who's getting more into JS. Bought. Thx, Fogus.

Jeff, thanks! I was in analysis paralysis over how to handle some new functionality & this pushed me over the edge toward trying angularJS. So far, so good... BTW, I bought the two…

I've re-entered the world of web apps recently & think this is excellent!

Yes, 43, going on 5. I laughed.

Subjectively, I thought this was well worth reading. Better than previous years' IMHO.

As a software developer, one thing that bothers me is when I see quality software in one domain that seems to be a good starting point for solving problems in another. For example,…

5by is very nice -- great work

True, I'm losing to the market, since January. But 'the market' is unpredictable, unrealized gains on paper. Unless you sell your index tracking positions, you will, in the next co…

I trade real money on a similar system, but using genetic algorithms. I worked on it for maybe 4 years before putting money on it in 2013. So far, I'm up 1.05% on $284K traded. I w…