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Who are the authors for the content of the first month's issue? The articles on the site don't list an author, which makes me think it's all written by Edwin Nagle, which makes me …

I highly recommend Scratch! I wrote a post of the resources that my kid used. It's the lowest friction way I know of to get kids actually creating something fun, with a pretty fast…

Are there any other dev commentaries you recommend (other than the mentions in your post)?

Uri Shaked, the creator of Wokwi, is interviewed here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/396

If you like his games, or that book, check out this great interview with Sid Meier as part of the Designer Notes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/designer-notes-23-si…

I offer old hardware to local charities that reuse/recycle it, or on a “buy nothing” Facebook group where people will almost always take it and (hopefully) make better use of it th…

Pike himself says "there's a 6th rule": https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/998681790037442561?lang=... (6. There is no Rule 6.) And points to the best source he finds for it on th…

iRobot | Bedford, MA ONSITE | Embedded Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/about-irobot/careers I'm hiring an experienced embedded software engineer for my team at iRobot i…

iRobot | Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE | Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/ iRobot (maker of the Roomba, among other robots) is hiring many types of software engin…

iRobot | Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE | Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/ iRobot (maker of the Roomba, among other robots) is hiring many types of software engin…

Zoom.us is GREAT! Video and audio quality are great, hiccups are rare, the screen sharing features are good, and it integrates easily into our physical offices with a decent iPad a…

+1 Here's a link to Norvig's (self annotated!) github repo: https://github.com/norvig/pytudes

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Linux-In... I haven't used the Linux client, but many others at my company use it.

Re: "This one is freely available -- and quite good." All of the chapters/essays in the "Architecture of Open Source Applications" volumes 1 and 2 are freely available, in case tha…

"Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry" by Susan Lammers. https://www.amazon.com/Programmers-Work-Interviews-Computer-... This book i…

Unfortunately the answer is 'no' to both. (I use glassdoor.com to answer questions like the 2nd one...)

No, it's pretty low actually - we have a high growth rate! (company $/product growth, that is)

iRobot | Software Engineers | Bedford, MA (near Boston, MA) and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite …

Apple ][e is going all the way this year!

The phrase "self-driving arm" alone is worth the time it takes to listen to this podcast. (the rest of the podcast is good too)

It was a live commercial: http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/25/news/companies/snickers-live...

iRobot | Software Engineers | Bedford, MA (near Boston, MA) and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite …

Lisp and C: for robotic control software.

iRobot | Software Engineers | Bedford, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite the opposite, real…

iRobot | Software Engineers | Bedford, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite the opposite, real…