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CmonDev··on Your App Is Not Better than an Open Protocol
Not if some people are choosing to build apps and libraries in assembly. Websites using manually written JavaScript and HTML should be disabled to run on modern browsers.
CmonDev··on Top Tech Events in London
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CmonDev··on Your App Is Not Better than an Open Protocol
As an added bonus you get a real choice of languages and frameworks once you depart from "open" web that practically only runs on JS, HTML, CSS. Transpilation is a hack.
CmonDev··on Your App Is Not Better than an Open Protocol
"...Flipboard just announced their migration to full-canvas..."

Ha-ha-ha, awesome!

So it's open, but you are not practically allowed to fix inconsistencies due to compatibility (especially outside of turtle-speed committees) and you are also not allowed to do things own way?

No, no. You have to use a document-oriented mark-up to create GUIs and for business logic you have to use/compile to a legacy language flawed from the day one which cannot be fixed!

"Open"? Really?

CmonDev··on What does “asm.js optimizations” mean?
I hope this means that Microsoft has given up on pushing JavaScript to developers and we will get a proper C#/F#+XAML to whatever-legacy-highly-compatible-language (HTML, CSS, JS) toolchain.
CmonDev··on Microsoft is interesting again
"If Android & Cyanogen both run Android Apps perfectly, and Cyanogen doesn’t have to come bundled with Google’s suite of services….well….hmmmm…do the math."

Android: hate the new GUI and every game prompting me to sign in to stupid G+ or whatever it's called. Anyone tried Cyanogen on Nexus 2013 tablet?

CmonDev··on Shipping Culture Is Hurting Us
Then why care about language designed for animating monkeys?
CmonDev··on Shipping Culture Is Hurting Us
"don't break the web"

I know it's not your fault but this statement doesn't make any sense. Web is made of hyper-linked content not jQuery animations and AJAX.

CmonDev··on Shipping Culture Is Hurting Us
Node.js is just a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactor_pattern

http://wtfjs.com

CmonDev··on Shipping Culture Is Hurting Us
The sad bit is that many full-stack developers are actually better that specialized developers in respective skills. (unless of course they are JS/Node.js types)
CmonDev··on Sergey Brin's Resume as a Student
It's an overview of highly-optimized solutions to difficult problems, I am more interested in elegant code (beautiful + maintainable) - this is why I asked. Something makes me skeptical there could be any at such stage, when shipping is most important.
CmonDev··on Sergey Brin's Resume as a Student
Are there any samples of that elegant code available online?
CmonDev··on You Don't Know JavaScript Book Series
Maybe it's a play on how horrible the language is?

E.g. "You don't know what callback hell means. You don't know the horror of refactoring a weakly typed dynamic language. You are truly blessed for you don't know JS."

CmonDev··on Could driverless cars own themselves?
"To be clear, these robots-on-wheels would not be self-aware. ...

But they would be programmed to seek self-improvement in order to avoid becoming obsolete."

No, no, no: we are not going to apply evolution, we will simply let the fittest survive!

CmonDev··on Ask HN: Should I get a mechanical keyboard?
I love mine (tenkeyless, brown switch).
CmonDev··on Ask HN: Should I get a mechanical keyboard?
Are you using black/red switches?

http://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/an-introduc...

CmonDev··on Principal component analysis explained visually
I think the 3D chart requires a WebGL plug-in... Where can I download one for Chrome 40.x?
CmonDev··on Does a real anti-aging pill already exist?
They are publishing one. Also have a trading terminal monopoly.
CmonDev··on Does a real anti-aging pill already exist?
"...maximize long-term reproductive success..." - where 'long-term' means 30 years based on observable health decline. We have to switch to metal bodies or something.
CmonDev··on David Carr Dies at 58
Who was the dude? I would mention in the title. Would save me those wasted few minutes.
CmonDev··on REASONS: My final blog entry… love you all… [Wilkes McDermid]
Interesting reasoning.

PS: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/1140149...

CmonDev··on Developing Games in Elm
"most pleasantly" - that is also very subjective.
CmonDev··on Developing Games in Elm
This is typical for functional languages:

1) build a functional language with lots of features but having a really weird ML-style syntax (because 'succinct' and "you don't need those braces")

2) create a try[lang name].com website

3) ?

4) Profit!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_(South_Park)

CmonDev··on GoJS: Interactive Diagrams for the Web
Depends on the price of developer's time and their expertise. Seems like higher level D3: http://d3js.org.
CmonDev··on The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
I have met both kinds.
CmonDev··on GitHut – Programming Languages on GitHub
Very well-factored C#/F# projects such as EF7 and F# compiler may look "monolithic" due to type safety and packaging.
CmonDev··on GitHut – Programming Languages on GitHub
If only there was a way of analyzing the quality of the repository. Are those 1000s of snippet-size JS libraries and Ruby gems meaningful?

It's interesting that strong static languages have more issues open (top 5) - easier to spot them?

CmonDev··on Map of 73 Years of Lynchings
Yeah, they are also executing children.
CmonDev··on The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
I guess whoever buys them will get a maintainable code for a change.
CmonDev··on Is Premium Mobile Gaming Viable?
If Microsoft would incentivize Steam game builders to make their products touch-friendly, I would rush to buy a Surface... The only thing worth looking at on mobile at the moment is Vainglory.
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