Are Programmers Headed Toward Another Bursting Bubble?

A friend of mine recently posed a question that I’ve heard many times in varying forms and forums:

“Do you think IT and some lower-level programming jobs are going to go the way of the dodo? Seems a bit like a…

The Mandela Effect: Fact or Fiction?

“The past is more than a memory.”

~ John Trudell

The 21st Century Art Movement — What is it?

Art has been a critical part of the human experience for thousands of years. A true…

JavaScript Functions vs Methods (and other helpful tips)

If you’re coming to JavaScript after learning another backend language, you may get confused with some of the JavaScript terminology — I was. While knowing every single term in the JavaScript vocabulary won’t necessarily improve…

What Is the Future of Cloud Computing: 5 Exciting Predictions

5 Exciting Predictions That Will Convince You to Use Cloud Services

JavaScript Prototypal Inheritance: Constructors vs. OLOO

What do “new” and “Object.create” do?

One of the first things you learn about when you study JavaScript Object Oriented Programming is Prototypal Inheritance. It can be a confusing…

Switching to ES6 (Part 2: String Interpolation and Template Literals)

The Swiss Army Knife of strings.

Using ed, the Unix line editor

From time to time I enjoy going back in time and drink some inspiration from old tools and software.

One of the reasons I use Vim is because it’s readily available on most machines. If that’s the case, then I should also learn how to use ed!

Silicon Valley Beware of the “Smartest Square Kilometer in the World”!

Our Exponential Selves: Identity in the Digital Romantic Age

By Jonathan Cook and Tim Leberecht