Larry O’Brien’s words about smugness have drawn rebuttals; a female programmer agrees with getting rid of “brogramming” … continue reading
Hundreds of companies have appeared on our lists. Who were the repeat champs, and who were the one-hit wonders? … continue reading
Education about software development should better prepare students for work in the enterprise … continue reading
A reader wants to keep in mind the greater value of long-term solutions … continue reading
A reader feels misrepresented by one of our stories; another offers an in-depth explanation of Eclipse’s mentoring process … continue reading
Microsoft should pick a development direction and stick with it; HTML5 will spark a new battle in the browser wars … continue reading
The time to get involved with Node.js is now; Hadoop is about to break its own barriers … continue reading
Readers disagreed with Larry O’Brien’s assertion that 10X superprogrammers are a myth … continue reading
A user urges caution when reading surveys about agile use; John McCarthy was remembered for the wrong reason … continue reading
What’s in store for 2012? And what will gesture controls bring to software development? … continue reading
Bill Gates is invoked to explain what the ultimate goal of procedural code is; functional programming is overrated … continue reading
Eclipse has made it through 10 years, and we salute it; Google did right by unforking Android … continue reading