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You are not a real developer if you do not know this…

Every few years a developer, usually a really talented one, will makes a reductive and exclusionary statement that amounts to “You are not…

Mar 24, 2017

You are not a real developer if you do not know this…

Mar 24, 2017

Mark Downie

Broad brush strokes

I am a huge fan of Troy Hunt I read everything he posts and have gone through a fair few of his plural sight courses. I did however take…

Jan 5, 2017

Broad brush strokes

Jan 5, 2017

Mark Downie

Open source contributions as an act of Love

I am thinking this might be one of my more provocative titles but I would ask for some latitude. I have recently committed to a couple of…

May 31, 2016

Open source contributions as an act of Love

May 31, 2016

Mark Downie

Cryptography as Natural Law

In the wake of the brutal terrorist attacks in Nigeria, Beirut and Paris the privacy all citizens enjoy is once again being held in tension…

Apr 26, 2016

Apr 26, 2016

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Creating intelligent apps? You need diverse teams!

When I first heard about the automatic tagging of the Google Photos service I was completely unimpressed, as it is with most great ideas…

Apr 18, 2016

Creating intelligent apps? You need diverse teams!

Apr 18, 2016

Mark Downie

Should you buy a warranty for consumer electronic devices?

As I mentioned before we recently purchased a Microsoft Band and, in what has become a routine exchange at most consumer electronics…

Apr 16, 2016

Should you buy a warranty for consumer electronic devices?

Apr 16, 2016

Mark Downie

One Hard Thing in Software Engineering

One of my favorite quotes in computer science lore is as follows:

Apr 14, 2016

Apr 14, 2016

Mark Downie

Mark Downie

Software Developer | Web and Mobile Technologies | STEM | Blogger | .NET Stack | Musician | I am because HE is | I am because *we* are

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