evanx

i guess it's hard to write large stable apps in ObjectiveC? I wouldn't like to. Maybe Swift will change things, but it'll take a while, given their legacy.

I'm thinking "Node.js for everything." It's way more fun, more productive, and runs small and fast. Forget threads. I too used to believe "Java for Everything." Over it. Write microservices in Node. Build front-ends in Angular. Talk JSON.

Javascript is great fun to play with in one's browser - you can edit, and reload and voila :)

Recently i've been playing with the HTML5 canvas, drawing sequence diagrams and network diagrams programmatically - and can't remember when i last had so much fun programming - took me back to my teenage years and my first programs, drawing "graphics" on those cathode ray tubes ;)

Being a biased Java developer, i would otherwise recommend Groovy.

They do work for capturing secrets for 2-factor authentication into an app such as Google Authenticator, which implements an ISO OTP standard. Any site with username/password should really generate a OTP secret as QR code to scan into one's phone!

i understand there is a limited supply? And huge demand, following hugely positive reviews and publicity. So by "supply and demand" economics they can, and should, increase the price irrespective of their costs. Actually i would expect their costs to decrease as mass production increases.

i go with the "less or more" - it might not have more information per se, but more people will read more of it

can you express the same idea using less words for the sentence in question?

can you eliminate or combine sentences/paragraphs to still get the essential point across ?

sacrifice some extra information for the sake of clearer focus

having said that, i like to add non-essential information which is humourous - to keep the reader entertained and engaged