drorweiss

I think you looked at correct data but got to the wrong conclusion.

The software industry is relatively young. How many people started as programmers 30 years ago? much much less than 10 years ago or last year. In the mid-90s, the software boom started and the number of youngsters that became programmers (like myself) increased drastically. So while it might be true that some programmers get promoted or retire, the reason that there is such a small percentage of older programmers is simply, ummm, that there are so many young programmers coming every year.

Way to go! Waze is a fantastic app. I usually turn it on already on my way to the car.

Liked the pimped Bootstrap!

I get a little too much spam from LinkedIn. The default mail digest option is daily, and unless one changes it each time after joining a new group, one can expect an inbox flood

It boils down to common sense. My approach is to try to writing the code reasonably efficient, but initially, readability, maintainability and simplicity take precedence over performance. I wouldn't write a more hacky or complex code just for the sake of performance before I KNOW there's a problem.

Probably beats egit

Code and religion don't mix well

Dude... let go :)

Why not offer a "free-plan" as well? In early stages what frameworks need the most is adoption.

Agree... but still for many people out-of-pocket money is harder to spend than time

Looks useful! What does the name BORIS stand for? I see the creator is called Chris...

Haha... found this article from 2000 - http://asia.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/30/wearable.pc.id...

I guess the technology wasn't ready (Win98...), and also probably the world wasn't ready. Is the world ready for Glass?

Anyone using github search as a replacement for the discontinued Google code search service?

So Twitter Bootstrap is the king of github...

Well done!

On a related note - is using Scala also a viable option for android? Anybody tried?

Nice!

The tech industry itself is mostly young. Of course, there were developers 20 years ago, but the big increase in number of people working in tech was as of the mid 90s. So there aren't that many people aged 45+ working in the tech industry today, simply because the industry is young. This will change in the coming 10 years, and I believe that smart developers who manage to keep their skills sharp and up to date will still have plenty to offer and will be in good shape in the job market.

My simple rules when working from coffee shops: 1. Don't take up space when the place is full (when the place is empty they should like to have you in) 2. Order reasonably - not just one coffee for 2 hours. Get at least 3 items for a few hours session, preferably also food 3. Be nice and over generous with tips

I guess crisis PR is exponentially more challenging in today's social media reality. They can't just talk to a bunch of reporters to bury a story.

Fantastic - thanks!

So many client side js libraries. Can anybody help compare Ember, Meteor, Angular and Backbone?

I haven't played with canvas yet... it's quite powerful... checkout http://www.netmagazine.com/features/20-svg-uses-will-make-yo...

Agree - it's very important to have idle time and let you mind run free, without solving any immediate problem.

For me, the best ideas come during long showers, when starting to fall asleep, and when waking up.

Yes, makes sense to eliminate the input field, and save screen real-estate, mostly for smaller mobile devices.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. It's amazing what you can do inside the browser these days.

Any thoughts of integrating it with SVG? SVG is super useful for drawing and manipulating shapes in the browser.

Will jquery still work with jsdom on node.js? the 2.0 or 1.9 jquery?

Very nice, thanks for sharing

I worked with statically typed languages (mostly Java) for many years and just recently started working with dynamic languages (python and javascript with node).

I think it depends mostly on the task at hand... if you're on a small project with a small team, then probably the dynamic languages are more suitable. With larger teams, it starts to pay off to have more info encoded in the type system, so that everybody is on the same page.

For a small startup, trying to get a product out quickly, the dynamic paradigm is a game-changer. Not only in the programming language, also using nosql database was a game changer for me in terms of development speed.

Agree - "design by committee" is a disaster and you many times get something mediocre, full of compromises. On the other hand, interaction, corridor-talks and chance encounters are key to idea-exchange which is also important.

Sure, I will look at Haskell.

Still, IMO this may be true in theory. In practice, most of the errors we encounter come from incomplete understanding of the input we're dealing with. These are many little rules that are very hard to formalize.