Simplicity

I figure I've been writing code and messing about with computers since some time in 1980 -- a little over 35 years at the time I write this. One thing I've learned is that if you make things complicated, you (or your employer, or your successor) will sooner or later pay a price for ignoring a mandat...

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Universities finally realize that Java is a bad introductory programming language

Matthew Hughes notes that universities are beginning to transition away from teaching Java as an introductory programming language. He references ACM research that python is now the most popular l...

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I've used a lot of CMS over the years: Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla; I even played with PHP Nuke when it was newish! I've never been happy with any of them. Years ago, we used Joomla at work and my dream was that each person responsible for some part of the content would be able to self manage, but i...

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