Mitch Pronschinske06/18/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (June 19)

Some interesting insight on declarative and imperative programming as well as the newest vulnerability in the OWASP top 10. Plus a GitHub redesign and an algorithm for making friends.

Eric Genesky06/17/13
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Get DZone's Definitive Guide to Cloud Providers

Today, DZone Research released its Definitive Guide to Cloud Providers, which you can pick up for free here.

Eric Gregory06/19/13
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Dev of the Week: Zac Gery

This week we're talking to Zac Gery about what he calls the biggest misunderstood problem in the development world -- not to mention his love of curling.

Dave Fecak06/19/13
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Alternative Jobs For Bored Web/App Developers

I’ve recently seen a spate of engineers declaring boredom and/or dissatisfaction with their current roles and responsibilities, which leads them to openly question what options are available.

Swathi Venkatachala06/19/13
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One Cap to rule 'em all ... (Capistrano)

I am a fan of Capistrano from way back and we use it for almost all kind of deployments - Hadoop, MongoDB clusters and so on. If you have not tried Capistrano, you must try it and figure out how you can use for deployments in your environment.

Henri Bergius06/18/13
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NoFlo: Two Years of Flow-Based Programming

NoFlo — the flow-based programming system I started — is now two years old. I pushed the first commits to GitHub on June 5th 2011 from Hacker Dojo in Mountain View. To get us started with the story, I'll let Wikipedia summarize...

Mitch Pronschinske06/17/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (June 18)

German parliment may be preparing to end future software patenting, and Subversion 1.8 is live! Plus, learn how to speed up your site with Redis and watch the funniest JavaZone parody trailer yet!

Andy Hawthorne06/14/13
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Introducing Jump Start Rails

I’ve written a book called “Jump Start Rails” that covers getting up and running with Rails 4.0. Here, I’ll give you an overview of what to expect from the book/course.

David Pollak06/12/13
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When is a Dynamic Language Good?

I'm a dyed in the wool static language guy. I used C++ for logic code in Mesa, even though the UI was in Objective-C.

Allen Coin06/11/13
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Links You Don't Want to Miss (June 11)

Today: JDK 8 is almost feature-complete, Is Wikipedia's front page for sale?; how to encrypt your GChat from the NSA, the new Mac Pro and iOS from Apple, and why is embedding HTML5 still so difficult?

Justin Bozonier06/11/13
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Algorithm of the Week: Genetic Algorithms, Pt. 2 - Making It Run

Because we can find the value of the definite integral at any points we want, we can use another technique to turn that data into a formula. The technique we’ll be using is known as a genetic algorithm.

John Cook06/11/13
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The Weight of Code

Bjorn is discussing the ferrite core memory of the Apollo guidance system: "These are very, very robust memory systems. … But the problem is that they actually have weight to them."

Jurgen Appelo06/08/13
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Yahoo CEO Mayer is Right and Wrong About Her Remote Work Claims

She said the main reason for this decision was that collaboration and communication are improved when people work together in the office, and when they can see each other face to face. Marissa Mayer was right. She was also wrong.

Zac Gery06/08/13
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Hiring Developers: Slow Down to Speed Up

Finding and hiring talent in the technology industry has been ongoing for decades. One might assume early stumbling blocks have been identified and rectified, right? Unfortunately, hiring development talent is still a difficult area for many employers. Why is this?

Allen Coin06/07/13
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Developing on the Cloud: Concerns and Solutions

For developers, deploying to a cloud environment comes with a large number of unknowns--particularly scalability, availability, performance, and security. Here's how these unknowns can be addressed.