As an IT insider, I feel I have something valuable to offer nontechnical people in terms of correcting misinformation. Here are a few simple tests for some popular buzzwords in tech. When evaluating a product or service, if you can honestly answer Yes to the reality check question, the buzzword probably truly applies. If the answer is No, it is probably fake. agile Does it make the developers happy? blockchain Does it cut out the middleman? cloud Does it automatically scale? microservice Does it only do one thing? object oriented Is it mostly made of interfaces? RESTful When requests arrive at a certain address, are they ready to use (without parsing)? unit test Does it prevent the tested code from touching anything outside itself?

Came across this sample from a certain multi-billion-dollar company, purporting to show how to implement exception handling. I slightly changed a few cosmetic details to make it anonymous. try { // ... } catch (GeneralException e) { if (e instanceof SpecificExceptionA){ // ... } else if (e instanceof SpecificExceptionB){ // ... } } This is a true actual story--you can't make this stuff up. Yeah, I thought it was pretty hilarious; so I felt like I had to share it.

Which would you say is more important: getting somewhere faster, pushing something harder, or going the right direction? It should be obvious that no matter how much speed or power you use, that won't do any good if you're going the wrong direction. It could also be pointed out that early in a journey, even a small change in direction makes a big difference in where you end up. Therefore, we should make sure we have our direction correct, as the first priority.

I. Why Deploy Commandos? It's hard to find the best people to solve difficult problems. By deploying Developer Commandos™, you can get great software developed without needing to figure out how to find the software developers. II. What are Developer Commandos? Unlike an old fashioned developer, a commando works independently. They manage themselves so you won't need to. III. How Can You Deploy Commandos? A. Create a Project Use a project host like GitHub to create a shared workspace online. Commandos will be able to contribute to your software project through this workspace. B. Obtain Incentives Use a cryptocurrency exchange like Coinbase to purchase an amount of a cryptocurrency such as Ether. You will be able to use this cryptocurrency to provide an incentive for commandos. C. Post Opportunities Use a bounty network such as Gitcoin to post bounties. A bounty describes the software problem you need resolved, and allows you to attach a cryptocurrency inc...

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You don't have to get yourself into debt for the things you need to launch a startup. You can start from zero and get off the ground organically . Divide the journey into phases, and use the successful completion of each phase to bootstrap the next. I. Write a Roadmap Start by envisioning where you want to end up, then plan what you need in order to get there. For example, you might want to end up with a registered trademark, employees, a legal corporation, and your own office building. You don't need to run out and try to obtain all four of these things on day one. Consider which things depend on others. For example, you could hypothetically get a registered trademark and employees before you form a legal corporation, but you might want to form the corporation before you purchase a building. II. Align Phases with Milestones Set a specific goal that you intend to accomplish with each phase. For example: You might start in January, and set milestone in your roadmap, ...