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…
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Embed Reddit Comment Threads Right on Your Blog with Supercomments
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,…
How We Built a 25 Developer Service Company (and Growing Strong)
I was chatting today with a European freelance developer who is thinking about setting up a software agency. He asked me if I had any advice for him after building Salsita from a guy in his bedroom to a 40 person company with 25 full-time developers in a little over…
Why We Don't Do Fixed-Price Software Projects (And Neither Should You)
A few years ago, I took on a freelance project to implement an Internet Explorer component in C++. I was billing a healthy hourly rate on other projects at the time, but this particular client insisted on a fixed price. In a bout of temporary insanity, I made an exception…
What I Wish I Knew When Starting Out as a Software Developer: Slow the Fuck Down
The other day I read What I Wish I Knew When I Started My Career as a Software Developer, an article in Lifehacker adapted from a Quora answer by Michael O. Church. I haven't stopped thinking about it since. I guess I find it so thought-provoking because, while I agree…
The Shifting Definition of Front-End Developer
Until the advent of the web, professional software development didn't have a front-end/back-end dichotomy. There were C programmers, Pascal programmers and FORTRAN programmers, but the language they used was a detail rather than a reflection on their background and career path. Then the web came along, triggering the influx…