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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. If they use Haml, are they ignorant of HTML? I learned C# and.NET (along with HTML/CSS/JS/SQL/etc) because that’s what they used. March 25, 2011 at 2:27 pm. Matt Sherman.

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

If youre emitting HTML, as 99% of all PHP apps are, its just so damn convenient to throw in PHP tags along with your layout tags, all inline on the page. Although this was annoying for sysadmins, security consultants, and language purists (and for those who had proprietary modules that couldnt be bundled), it was a huge boon for developers.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

I also know someone else who consulted me about his website idea. Well as a programmer of many websites I find that it is easier for my clients to consult my ideas first. This file in the web program exports the images into a web based file like HTML. I do consult people, however I am not looking for work right now.