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The benevolent goal is to make good software affordable to those just learning and starting out.
The more sinister goal is to get young impressionable minds hooked on your software.
Regardless I support this, and I imagine a lot of people will be digging up their .edu email accounts to get this.
We (Screenhero) were honored to be invited to be a part of the program by GitHub :) We've wanted a way to make Screenhero affordable to students, and this helps us do exactly that. Thanks, GitHub!
Screenhero, the most impressive bit of software I've used since licecap. So sad my company didn't subscribe after the free ride ended. Sadly stuck with hip chat and g hangouts.
This really makes something I've been thinking about very clear. I often think about the "everyone can code" movement. It's not something I particularly believe in, but exposing as many people as possible is a great thing. However, the bit I get stuck on is programming is more than just typing characters in the correct sequence. It's deploying, testing, environment issues, metrics, databases, dns, etc. Basically it i…
This really makes something I've been thinking about very clear. I often think about the "everyone can code" movement. It's not something I particularly believe in, but exposing as many people as possible is a great thing. However, the bit I get stuck on is programming is more than just typing characters in the correct sequence. It's deploying, testing, environment issues, metrics, databases, dns, etc. Basically it i…
While I don't feel overwhelmed by all the services, there are some of these I couldn't see how we would immediately use such as data analytics.
I just wish HipChat was on there too :)
This really makes something I've been thinking about very clear. I often think about the "everyone can code" movement. It's not something I particularly believe in, but exposing as many people as possible is a great thing. However, the bit I get stuck on is programming is more than just typing characters in the correct sequence. It's deploying, testing, environment issues, metrics, databases, dns, etc. Basically it i…
As a student (albeit a CS major), I immediately signed up and will be using many of these services. My friends and I have been looking at creating an app and these will def get us started for no money which is huge for us (especially the domain name, hosting services, and private repos). While I don't feel overwhelmed by all the services, there are some of these I couldn't see how we would immediately use such as dat…
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> I want to emphasize here a common misconception of 'free'. You've blown my mind. I need to think this through carefully, but your reasoning may very well apply to health-care too. Thanks for setting us straight. I'll be sure to vote for privitization next opportunity! EDIT: Sarcasm!
Congratulations! You successfully responded with negative sarcasm and absolutely no constructive criticism or counter points. You sir are the winner of the internets! Enjoy your day.
This really makes something I've been thinking about very clear. I often think about the "everyone can code" movement. It's not something I particularly believe in, but exposing as many people as possible is a great thing. However, the bit I get stuck on is programming is more than just typing characters in the correct sequence. It's deploying, testing, environment issues, metrics, databases, dns, etc. Basically it i…
I would like to defend the "everybody can code" movement a bit. First of all, I'm sure we both support the idea of giving everyone the opportunity to learn coding. Along with that, however, I want to point out that the movement is not intended to make everyone a programmer. Not every child will become a programmer, and I think everyone recognizes that. The point of the movement is that a basic understanding of progra…
While the value here is nice, I maybe would not suggest investing too much of your time on learning proprietary temporarily free developer tools. There are great open source tools for many developer tasks that are not just good options, but can even be industry standards.
I agree that using free (libre) tools is preferable, but a lot of this facilitates that. For instance, you can deploy a GNU/Linux image using the DigitalOcean credit and gain experience deploying on a LAMP/LEMP stack and doing things like creating iptables rules and things like that, which is good real-world experience that is in no way temporary or platform dependent. Git itself (as I'm sure you know) is a free tool…
Honestly this offer is just like those gigantic coupon books you get in the mail that gives you discounts to all the local area restaurants (that paid up). It's great if you want a good deal if you want to go out, but it's not like anybody's doing you a favor.