Adobe Creative Cloud is an example of iPad replacing a laptop
2019 may be the year when my iPad Pro finally replaced my MacBook Pro.
The religion of JavaScript
In software development, nothing exemplifies an institutionalized system of religious attitudes, causes, beliefs and practices held with ardor and faith as JavaScript and Node.js.
Teleportation can corrupt your data
By sending me unsolicited emails and by cold calling me using robotic software you are indicating to me that you feel my time is not valuable. You are saying that interrupting me all day with unsolicited emails and cold calls costs you nothing but a small chance of you winning a gig is worth it to you.
Let’s talk cloud neutrality
Avoiding managed services, using Docker and running eight Mongo and twelve Kafka nodes does not make an application cloud neutral — it makes it costly to develop, Kafkaesque to architect, and impossible to maintain in production. You end up losing your weekends and quality time with family to DR exercises and production support.
A conservative version of Facebook?
It is worth reiterating that none of the big tech companies owe anybody anything with regards to the type of content they are willing to host.
Fixing the Information Marketplace
When the service is free, the provider of such service owes nothing to consumers and everything to the sponsors.
On Facebook and Twitter censorship
In the recent weeks, there have been reports of Twitter and Facebook censoring, blocking, and shadowbanning American Republicans on their platforms. The outrage brings up a few interesting points that are worth discussing.
