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Category Archives: Software Development
I learn more about H1B visas from media in India
Than media here in the USA. My opinion is that H1B visas are killing STEM based work in the US and they are depreciating wages and demand. If that wasn’t the case, why are we not seeing more kids going … Continue reading
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Future Engineers paid by crowdsource funding?
OK this is an idea that I have been mulling over for some time. And after watching the success of one such project on kickstarter, I thought I would toss it out there. What about an engineer/developer of the future … Continue reading
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Making an embedded WebServer more power efficient
With embedded systems, especially ones on battery or other self-contained power system. Conserving power is very important. The author here goes into how to start optimizing a system to use less power with its webpages/server. http://www.theresistornetwork.com/2013/03/fun-with-embedded-http-servers.html
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Silicon Valley is running out of innovation
Interesting article where the author quotes Alan Kay (inventor of OO Design) that Silicon Valley is running out of innovation. Why? Well companies are no longer sinking money into “dreaming” new ideas like Xerox did in the past with PARC. … Continue reading
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Oracle looses first round in Java API copyright
Oracle lost its first round in the courts with google and others over copyright for the Java API. Google built many android interfaces in wbut using the same Java API but different tech under the hood. Oracle (which hasn’t really … Continue reading
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How Ebay saved cash with code
Nice article about how EBay created a way to measure the cost (power, etc etc) or each transaction. And then found ways to improve the software to reduce those costs, saving 2 million. This seems to be a dying art … Continue reading
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Tools and scripts to go with Wireshark
Wireshark is one of those standard tools I use for many years and has been very helpful in finding issues on networks, reverse engineering protocols, etc etc. But there are lots of other things that go well with wireshark besides … Continue reading
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Good Post and Rebuttle about TDD and startups
Two good articles about TDD and when and when not to use it. The first one goes on about not using it will lead to lots of issues in the future, which it true. But the second article points out … Continue reading
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Netflix doing another developer award contest(s)
This time it for many (20 I think) small things and the awards are around 10G’s each. Most of the work it oriented towards Amazon cloud. This could be a good summer project for a budding developer. Or one that … Continue reading
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Finally someones gets it H1B visas don’t work
Good article to read. The author points out that the US maybe causing its own tech shortage. It points out that the STEM jobs have not seen the pay increase like other professions in the past several years, and how … Continue reading
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