I was contacted this week by an old acquaintance, and he had a proposition for me. "Hey, I hear you're a programmer! That's great, because my buddy and I have this idea for a business. We have everything important figured out, and all we need is a programmer to throw
The majority opinion in the field of psychology seems to indicate that money does bring happiness , but with nuances. A study by Princeton University reflects this general consensus, showing that by exceeding the income threshold of $75,000 per year, the level of happiness levels out , even though w...
US homelessness up 12% from 2022, hits highest level since 2007
653,000 people in the USA were homeless at the beginning of 2023 - twelve percent more than in the previous year. Many homeless people are without permanent accommodation for the first time in their lives. The number of homeless people in the United States has increased dramatically. Accordi...
It’s a common occurrence: You’re sitting at your desk, lost in thought, trying to solve a problem that’s been blocking your work all week. Deep in your brain you’re building a structure of thoughts and possibilities undreamed of in anyone’s philosophy: You identify concepts and
An accidentally disclosed SAS token with excessive privileges enabled researchers to access nearly 40TB of Microsoft’s data, highlighting the risks of privilege mismanagement and oversharing.
An accidentally disclosed SAS token with excessive privileges enabled researchers to access nearly 40TB of Microsoft’s data, highlighting the risks of privilege mismanagement and oversharing.
I find it amazing that so many are clinging on to C++. It must be that sense of accomplishment when you finally succeed, having solved a bunch of problems on the way. C++ has had so many chances now. Many new standards coming out over the last decade. But the language is hardly simpler, just more to learn. See CoreCppGuidelines. This is what the 2 most prominent people of C++ want developers to learn in order to practice "safe" C++. This doesn't scale. A language needs to be built from the ground up for developers. Rust has taken a whole new concept and tried to solve memory issues directly with the compiler. Other languages are solving other kinds of issues (for differing kinds of use cases). A language should not put such a burden on the developer.
Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer(2016)
The Home Doctor - Practical Medicine for Every Household - is a 304 page doctor written and approved guide on how to manage most health situations when help is not on the way. My mother has been working for one of the largest banks in the EU since before I was born and I’ve always been fascinated by...
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On Monday, I'll been conducting a recruitment experiment for a brave and progressive client who, sadly, wishes at this point to remain anonymous. Which, coincidentally, is exactly how these this experiment is intended to work. I will be pairing remotely, as I often do for clients, with 6 candidates...
There comes a time in every developer's career when you will have to make a decision about your own progression. Do you stay as a developer / senior developer and focus mostly on code, or do you make a jump into a management-level position as a Lead Developer who has to
