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Is it Toll-Free Bridging?

I can't help but feel that the "Java Script" error was more of a subtle jab at JS not being a "real" OOP language.

C# just got a little sharper!

I'm a young dev (26) that works with a lot of older developers (40-50) rather new to the field. My biggest annoyance with the older inexperienced devs is that they DON'T ask questi…

Client: "Send us some screen shots of the new features." You: "Err..."

What about apps that using OpenCV or C++ code?

They also talk about switching DBs. In my experience it is rarely the database choice but bad schema and/or poor SQL queries.

According to their website they have 1000s of customers paying 1200+/m. At the low end they're getting 1.2 million in revenue a month and only have 9 employees. Why did they sell? …

It is a necessary evil in my opinion. Typing code perfectly without the aid of code completion reinforces the idea that attention to detail in coding is extremely important. Furthe…

It is somewhat likely that once we get to the point of mining 100+ trillion dollar asteroids that we will be in a post/near-post scarcity economy.

True, but to be fair I did praise the 40+ year olds who stay up to date and know their stuff. Just slightly jaded due to the ageism at my current job and lack of fact checking by m…

It is a HIPAA regulated industry that deals with patient data.

"A hit to the pride is nothing compared to the pain of shipping something broken." Well said. This should be the golden rule of development. I feel that too often we (both young an…

"B) Are overly emotional and they all take things way too seriously." This can be a positive. My experience with 40+ year olds is that they tend to sacrifice user experience/securi…

There are a few products I made just to solve a problem for myself that I was too shy to share. I was very surprised how many people found my product and used it when I did 0 adver…

Or plan C. For younger engineers start thinking about financial independence. Software Engineers enjoy a high starting salary and an even higher mid career salary so it is entirely…

Awesome site! Really really well done.

Most states are at will employment so it is fairly easy to terminate someone who is unable to perform their duties (whether they're high or not.)

Even if the co-founder did not sign a non-compete you should still be protected by the trade secret act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Trade_Secrets_Act

Apple is going for a paradigm shift with how we view watches; similar to what they did with the iPhone. It is best not to think of the iWatch as a watch but rather as a 2nd screen …

Developing on an ARM server is a lot different than on x86. You will find that some packages don't work and a bunch of undocumented bugs. Some people believe that ARM is the future…

Well, you get 4 cores. Did you try "openssl speed rsa -multi 4"?

What happens if Apple decides to start rejecting these JS->Native Code apps built on frameworks like React Native? Because in theory it is possible to update React Native apps remo…

IANAL but as long as money does not change hands they should be in the clear. There is nothing stopping someone on an H1B doing a "hobby" and then pitch that "hobby" to investors t…

Awesome work! It does the calculations based on what is currently in the shoe, correct? So it should be possible to give it a custom shoe with cards removed to find the best probab…