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Open-source Something Often

Diego Basch

If you write code for a living, when was the last time you released something as open source? Assuming you take pride in your work (if you don’t… well), open-source code is an incentive to: Make sure the code is not horrendously embarrassing. What have you open-sourced for me lately?

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The Last Coder

This is going to be BIG.

After all, lots of the code required to build web services are now available off the open source shelf--and many of the processes formally asked of the code are being worked into the language itself, like with Ruby on Rails. Usually when people figure out what to make, it's pretty makeable. Architects know this.

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

No longer is it sufficient to learn a programming language, its idiosyncrasies, its libraries, and its associated development tools. Every time you build your application, you are likely to have some new bugs or incompatibilities related to a change in the language or the libraries (especially open source libraries).

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How Software Developers Really Spend Their Time

readwrite.com

Waiting for their code to compile (that is, for it to be translated from a programming language like Python or C into a binary machine language computers can execute). Some open-source software claims to do something similar. Let''s hear it, coders. Waiting for test routines to finish running.

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

Your potential customer base grows as tools become simpler and easier to use, even non-coders can build a professional website with minimal effort. 1st phase (late 90s, early 00s): New Web programming languages and frameworks. Developers used PHP, Perl and similar programming languages to build websites. The answer is yes.

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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

mashable.com

Techcofounder If you’re starting a company, chances are you either are a coder or need a coder. Coders can create anonymous profiles and accept solicitations to work on projects or join a team. Entrepreneurs can browse coders by skill or location. YouTubes Musicians Wanted Program Go.

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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

It really is true that the best coders are gifted with an aptitude. They are perhaps ten times more productive than average coders. It obviously makes good sense to try to find one of these "10X" individuals, especially in larger environments where specialists like pure coders can fit in well. If this candidate has a Ph.D.,

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