There’s been a lot of talk on PayPal moving to node.js for an application platform. As a continuation from part 1 of Set My UI Free, I’m happy to say that the rumors are true and our web applications are moving away from Java and onto JavaScript and node.js.

I am a great fan of Khan Academy and use it to learn more about economics and astronomy — subjects that I am far removed from professionally but fields that I find fascinating nevertheless. Khan Academy provides a simple API that is RESTful and uses OAuth 1.0 for authentication. I had been meaning…