Swift Was Almost Named ‘Shiny,’ Ditched Objective-C for Memory Safety Nate Swanner, February 22, 2019 6 min read Apple’s self-started programming language, Swift, was originally named ‘Shiny.’ No, really. This isn’t a...
Google Launches ‘.dev’ Domain in (Expensive) Early Access Program Nate Swanner, February 19, 2019 3 min read How badly do you need a custom .dev domain? If the answer is ‘really, really badly,’ you should check out Google...
OpenAI Creates Platform for Generating Fake News. Wonderful. Nick Kolakowski, February 19, 2019 3 min read Don’t tell Donald Trump, but artificial intelligence (A.I.) may become quite good at generating fake news. Moreover,...
Junior, Senior Developers Blame Each Other for the Same Things: Study Nate Swanner, January 30, 2019 2 min read Junior developers and their senior counterparts love to point the finger at one another. A new study offers an idea of...
Augmented Reality Collaboration Is Real. Avoid It Like the Plague Nate Swanner, January 25, 2019 3 min read Tech event demos of augmented reality (AR) often show people collaborating on a project (looking at you, Microsoft...
Amazon’s Streaming Game Ambitions Could Prove Great for Devs Nick Kolakowski, January 14, 2019 3 min read A few years ago, Amazon launched Lumberyard, a cross-platform 3D game engine designed to leverage the storage and...
Getting Hired at Facebook with Absolutely Zero Tech Experience Sarah Butcher, November 2, 2018 3 min read This article was originally published on eFinancialCareers. If you want to earn millions working for Facebook but...
The Open Office Concept Just ‘Jumped the Shark’ Nate Swanner, October 19, 2018 3 min read Studies prove the open office is a terrible concept for employees. We naturally seek out private space, meaning all...
‘Developer Song’ is Everything Wrong With Tech Conferences Nate Swanner, September 21, 2018 3 min read 2012 was a peak year for tech and software developers. It was a full presidential term beyond the worst economic...
Developers Can Now Safely Call Themselves ‘Rockstars’ Nate Swanner, July 27, 2018 2 min read The term "rockstar" is tossed around loosely in tech. Hiring managers love it ("We want a real rockstar tech pro in...
