As the head of a software services company, I am often asked to advise clients on strategic technological decisions. The most common query nowadays is which framework to choose for mobile app development. The menagerie of standards, from native to Cordova and React Native, can be bewildering even for industry…
Functional programming is hardly new. I remember coding a lot of LISP when I was at university in the early 90's. That was 25 years ago, and the language was already quite a bit older than my college-age self. The advantages of FP have long been recognized. Successful software development…
TechCrunch's Jon Evans offers a useful survey of the reactions elicited by Apple's decision to support content-blocking browser extensions in iOS 9. Notwithstanding the breast-beating of Marco Arment (who removed his hit ad blocker from the App Store after two days because it "just didn't feel good"), I…
Today Adblock Plus, the world's leading ad block vendor, is launching the first true ad-blocking browser for iPhone. We are proud that their browser is based on Kitt, an amazingly extensible iPhone browser that we have been developing for the past three years. Last year we announced our Kitt web…
Reddit is great for finding content that interests you. The best thing about it are the vibrant conversations that spring up around popular articles. These regularly get dozens or even hundreds of comments. But as an author, getting a post on Reddit is a bittersweet experience. On the one hand,…
