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Hoopla

• Uber CEO Plays with Fire

• Uber Hid the UUID Fingerprinting Practice with Geofencing

• Angular 4

• Smaller and faster via new Views Engine for more efficient and less + generated code
• Animations are in their own packages
• Typescript 2.2 compatibility
• Some improvements to ng-if / ng-for
• Angular “One Framework” == Progressive Web Apps

• Stanford Boots Java for JavaScript

• Weird as this is, it makes sense

• Java teaches OO design elements and is a great way to get a good corp job
• JavaScript and its ilk are the where the future / present is
• Coding is the Next Blue Collar Job
• Is Macro development coding?
  What is a programmer in 2017?

Focus

Why Mike is selling his new MacBook and LG Monitor

Why I am selling my #macbook? One word – "focus" #linux #devops #programming https://t.co/v2rd6PmeWr

— Michael Dominick (@dominucco) April 24, 2017

Cool of the Week

• OpenLara

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A brutally honest episode. Mike and Chris air some hard learned lessons, toss out the episode playbook & tell it like it is!

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Is the age of Apps finally coming to an end? Data points to yes & we discuss how platforms like Slack might offer more potential.

Then, more web developers are switching to Linux, is this the start of a trend?

Plus what caught our attention in the new iOS release, and interesting projects Google has in store for 2016.

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iOS 9.3 Preview – Apple

This latest iOS release adds numerous innovations to the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. There are improvements to a wide range of apps, along with great new additions to CarPlay. iOS 9.3 may even help you get a good night’s sleep. And you’ll find a preview of new features that will make using iPad in schools easier and better for students and admins.

App Age Over?

Switching to Linux

In 10 years a lot has changed, but the main thing Apple and OS X had going for
it was it’s “it just works” reputation. I feel this has stopped being true.

2016 Google Tracker: Everything Google is working on for the new year | Ars Technica

Android N, a big VR program, Google Glass, and lots more are in store for Alphabet.

Feedback:

• Angular2 & Dart

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Mike & Chris discuss the hard problem of identifying opportunity costs vs staying flexible and cheap, why making communication a priority is almost never a priority & the numbers suggest coding bootcamps are growing like crazy… But is that a good thing?

Plus when to ship, and why testing can really make Mike testy, your feedback & more!

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Why Software Outsourcing Doesn’t Work … Anymore – Yegor Bugayenko

I_’m talking about outsourcing, not offshore development. The difference is that in outsourcing, there are two companies involved: you the client and some WeCodeLikeNoOneElse Inc. from Loompaland. In offshore development, you just open an office in that same Loompaland with your own management and employees_

Shipping

When is it time to just call something done and ship
How much polish is enough
Acceptable bugs?

Testing is Making Me Testy

Can you be a good dev and be ‘bad at testing’?
Once upon a time… QA Staff Existed…. Should they come back?
TDD? BDD? Alphabet Soup?

Can coding bootcamps replace a computer science degree?

A _2015 survey from Course Report of 67 U.S. and Canadian bootcamp schools_found that the average tuition per program is just over $11,000, with an average program length of about 11 weeks. Compare that with an average cost of $31,321 for one year at a private college, and a tech bootcamp seems like a great deal. Even a year for in-state students attending a public institution can expect to pay just over $9,000 per year, while out-of-state students pay an average of $22,958 per year at public colleges.

Michael Dominick on Twitter: “#ubuntu 15.10 should I give it a shot @ChrisLAS ? #linux”

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• FOSS alternative to Slack

• How to install and run Mattermost on DigitalOcean using Docker

This guide will get you up and running Mattermost on DigitalOcean using the Docker container system.

• Muting Android notifications when watch is connected

#ProTip: Having #Cordova / #ionic build problems in #XCode. Make sure you have: "$(OBJROOT)/UninstalledProducts/$(PLATFORM_NAME)/include"

— Buccaneer Tech, INC (@BuccaneerTech) October 29, 2015

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Mike and Chris share their totally different perspective on the recent Yelp developer’s public exodus & discuss the big new industry trend developers need to take advantage of.

Then after 158 episodes, Mike’s mission in life is realized during our feedback segment.

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• ‘It’s Wrong’: Apple CEO Slams Rivals for Making Money Off Your Data

• The Eevee Drama

Feedback

• iOT/brillo

• Leave a decent paying I.T. job for a low paying software development job

• How do you start a business like Mike’s?

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Mike and Chris start the show by sharing some hard learned lessons, and then discuss the events of the last two weeks.

Then touch on SuperFish, Ubuntu Touch, and more!

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• No editor this week. WTF is Chris going to do? No pants.

• The last python|ruby post ChrisLAS ever needs to read

• Getting paid and motivated as a freelancer

Hoopla

Lenovo’s SuperFish Removal Tool on GitHub – lenovo-inc/superfishremoval · GitHub

SuperFish was pre-installed on a limited group of Lenovo branded notebooks beginning September, 2014. Lenovo recommends removing SuperFish and the SuperFish certificates from all systems.

This utility will completely analyze your system for this problem and remove the SuperFish application, associated registry entries, files and security certificates, if needed.

The Superfish Funder List | Qntra.net

Superfish has offices in Palo Alto, California and Petah Tiqva, Israel. By all appearances Superfish par for the course when it comes to Venture Capital funded Silicon Valley startups down to the Crunchbase entry.

Lenovo slapped with lawsuit over dangerous Superfish adware | PCWorld

A proposed class-action suit was filed late last week against Lenovo and Superfish, which charges both companies with “fraudulent” business practices and of making Lenovo PCs vulnerable to malware and malicious attacks by pre-loading the adware.

Plaintiff Jessica Bennett said her laptop was damaged as a result of Superfish, which was called “spyware” in court documents. She also accused Lenovo and Superfish of invading her privacy and making money by studying her Internet browsing habits.

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That tech worker “shortage” Facebook and Microsoft keep telling you about is bogus. We’ll go over the study and reports that back that claim up. Then we dig into the rather understandable reasons why developers wages are being pushed down & more!

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• Markdown website

• Have you heard of Hugo (static site generator written in golang)

• Thx to Wade too for sending in Hugo

• beyere5398 comments on Google’s Objective C | Coder Radio 129

• When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light under German Occupation, 1940-1944 Audiobook | Ronald C. Rosbottom | Audible.com

• The Martian Audiobook | Andy Weir | Audible.com

Dev Hoopla:

The Tech Worker Shortage Doesn’t Really Exist

“There’s no evidence of any way, shape, or form that there’s a shortage in the conventional sense,” says Hal Salzman, a professor of planning and public policy at Rutgers University. “They may not be able to find them at the price they want. But I’m not sure that qualifies as a shortage, any more than my not being able to find a half-priced TV.”

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Where does TypeScript fit in, and are the many criticisms lobbied at it legitimate? We discuss the state of scripting, and the new dark pragmatism that seems to be setting in.

Plus picking your ideal client, package managers for Windows and Mac, your feedback & more!

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• Question on Learning OOP

• CR114 pkg managerment Mac

• Chocolatey Gallery

• Finding your ideal client

• Hextris

• Hextris

Dev Hoopla:

Microsoft/TypeScript · GitHub

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

https://www.typescriptlang.org

TypeScript – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

TypeScript is a free and open source programming language developed by Microsoft. It is a strict superset of JavaScript, and adds optional static typing and class-based object-oriented programming to the language. Anders Hejlsberg, lead architect of C# and creator of Delphi and Turbo Pascal, has worked on development of TypeScript.[1][2][3][4]

TypeScript is designed for development of large applications and transcompiles to JavaScript.[5] As TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, any existing JavaScript programs are also valid TypeScript programs.

TypeScript supports header files which can contain type information of existing JavaScript libraries, enabling other programs to use objects defined in the header files as if they were strongly typed TypeScript objects. There are third-party header files for popular libraries like jQuery, MongoDB, Node.js, and D3.js.[6]

Common criticisms of TypeScript

• Why does TypeScript have to be the answer to anything? – Scott Hanselman

TypeScript was announced and folks are saying “TypeScript is clearly Microsoft’s answer to Google’s Dart” or “So TypeScript is Microsoft’s answer to CoffeeScript.”

People have compared TypeScript to Dart. That’s comparing apples to carburetors. TypeScript builds on JavaScript so there’s no JS interop issues. Dart is a native virtual machine written from scratch. Dart interops with JavaScript…but it’s not JS. It doesn’t even use the JavaScript number type for example.

• Charles’ Problem with TypeScript

TypeScript | Build 2014 | Channel 9

JavaScript has grown from a webpage toy to being used in large-scale deployments both on the server and in the browser. This rapid growth has outpaced the growth of the language itself, which lacks features that allow teams to communicate requirements and build applications safely. This session will be a guided tour of TypeScript, showing how the language and toolset makes it easier to write cross-platform, large-scale JavaScript applications.

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Mike reflects on his transition from dedicated developer to business management, what makes a business “big” vs “lean” and what the guys feel is a good fit for their goals.

Plus when to cut yourself off from a pet coding project, a book that promises to help you pick a Javascript Framework and more!

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• Why Rust may be interesting to C++ programmers

• Choosing a Javascript Framework

• Choosing a JavaScript Framework – O’Reilly Media

• Am I insane?

Dev Hoopla:

• Multiple DE’s can’t be avoided

• The new 501(c)(3) and the future of free software in the United States | Jim Nelson / Yorba blog archives

Earlier this month the Yorba Foundation received a formal notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) denying Yorba 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. It’s possible this is nothing to be concerned with (at least, not unless you’re a part of Yorba). Reading their response, I believe this denial is actually a cause for concern for free software groups within the United States, and perhaps abroad.

The IRS reasons that since Yorba’s open source software may be used for any purpose, Yorba is not a charity. Consider all the for-profit and non-charitable ways the Apache server is used; I’d still argue Apache is a charitable organization.

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Are your projects cursed with knowledge of the present? Mike and Chris discuss the tendency to blame the last guy, and in some cases even scapegoat the absent. And why its only human to see all the mistakes of those who came before you.

Plus our thoughts on Facebook buying Oculus VR, your feedback, and more!

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• Developers preparing for death of Windows XP and supporting old IE 0
• Book tip (Metaprogramming) and some opinions…
• Android development
• Conflicted about FB\’s hack language
• 100 Swag Call out

Dev Hoopla:

• Why your previous developer was terrible

  Don’t worry — your situation is far from unique. I’ve seen it time and time again that a new developer comes in and seems to change everything almost overnight. She or he suggests new tools, new processes, new languages and new everything. All of this while badmouthing the previous developer or team. I’ve been on all sides of this fine play. I’ve been the “previous developer” who got badmouthed by the new guy. I’ve been the new guy that used the previous guy as my scapegoat. I’ve hired developers that have been in both positions. I’ve worked for companies that couldn’t see what was plain to me: this happens all the time.

• Oculus VR employees got death threats after Facebook sale

\”We expected a negative reaction from people in the short term, we did not expect to be getting so many death threats and harassing phone calls that extended to our families,\” Luckey said. \”We know we will prove ourselves with actions and not words, but that kind of sh** is unwarranted, especially since it is impacting people who have nothing to do with Oculus.\”

• Facebook buys Oculus VR. What do you owe early users?

• John Carmack speaks up about Facebook buying Oculus VR

It is Carmack\’s first comment on the deal since it was announced Tuesday. \”I wasn\’t personally involved in any of the negotiations — I spent an afternoon talking technology with [Facebook CEO] Mark Zuckerberg, and the next week I find out that he bought Oculus.\”

Book Pick:

• Ready Player One Audiobook

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.

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Is it time to reboot the big development conferences? We contrast WWDC to a community focused event like LinuxFest Northwest and attempt to answer the value question behind the larger conferences, why pressing the flesh can be important, and if Google Hangouts can be part of the solution.

Plus working from home tricks, making the switch from a 9-5 job to contracting, the start of the great app exit, and does using Chrome make you against the free web?

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• A ton of home office sharing!
• Nicholas asks: “if you guys believe in the open web, why are you not using Firefox…”
• Dirk’s email: lifestyle and career choice
• Knut wants some advice on moving from Visual Studio / VBasic to Vim / C++
• Apple does not benefit from bots purchasing apps from the app store.

Conferences

• Tickets for WWDC 2013 Sell Out in Two Minutes

After going on sale at 10:00 AM Pacific Time today, tickets for Apple\’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco have already sold out in two minutes.

WWDC 2011 sold out in under 12 hours, while the 2010 edition took eight days. This marks the sixth straight year that WWDC has sold out, a streak that began in 2008.

• LFNW: It\’s about the community! | LinuxFest Northwest 2013

LinuxFest Northwest is entering its 14th year! 2012 was our most successful event yet, with around 1200 attendees over the weekend. And 2013 will be undoubtedly our biggest change yet.

The App Exit

• The next generation of Instapaper

I’m happy to announce that I’ve sold a majority stake in Instapaper to Betaworks. We’ve structured the deal with Instapaper’s health and longevity as the top priority, with incentives to keep it going well into the future. I will continue advising the project indefinitely, while Betaworks will take over its operations, expand its staff, and develop it further.

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Chris, Mike, and special guest Ben Morse take a look at startup life and everything that comes with it.

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• Mihaela writes in to share her love of Delphi and also reccomend that I take a look at C++ builder and Dev Expresses add ons for Windows apps.
• Bill shares some interesting Ubuntu related info — apparently Ubuntu charges for apps.Ubuntu API
• Brian asks that we cover software licences.
• Tim’s email Contracting vs Full Time?

• Cole writes in asking about what tools for design are commonly used in the iOS development space. He also asks about open-source Objective-C as a way to make up for the ‘sin of Mac’

• Code Journal

Starting up!

If it’s ok, I’d like to introduce the book pick first, as an ice breaker for the startup life topic

• Key Lean Startup Principles:
• MVP, and Concierge MVP

• Leap of Faith assumptions
  +Build, Measure, Learn feedback loop.

• Engine of Growth

• Improving innovation ( start w/ baseline, then improve ) / cut
• Virality Constant / cut

• Piviot / cut

• Equity and paperwork

• Out Sourcing vs Building a team
• Being an architect
• Choosing a technology stack
  • Fundraising

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Tool of the Week

• Tortoise Git

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On heels of our discussion of burnout Chris and Mike discuss a lead cause of burnout: a lack of focus. For developers, focus can mean a lot different things: raw concentration, choosing a single platform, or sticking with a project even when the grass looks a whole lot greener elsewhere.

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• Karl wants to know what Haskell is.
• Russell’s email
• George shares the Ten Commandments of Good Source and reminds us all to ‘remember the axe murder… when witing commit messages Control
• Jason’s email
• Andrew wants to know why we don’t charge for CR
• Egon has some feedback on our coverage of burnout last week and reminds us that there is more to life than work. He suggests hugging a loved one to cure / prevent burnout.
• John wants to hear documentation for dummies
• A number of people want to defend or attack agile.

This Week’s Dev World Hoopla

• IP Infringement in the Ubuntu Software Centre?
• The PC is Over

What is Focus and Why Do I Need It?

• What is focus?
• How does it help developers
• Effects on open-source projects

The Multiplatform Question

• At what point does multiplatform become an issue?
• Doesn’t abstraction help?

Audio Book of the Week

• Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

Book of the Week

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• Windows Powershell

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