Business And Philosophy

“Its not just that we didn’t have git, we didn’t have Subversion, and before that we didn’t have CVS. Basically all that we had was RCS.” Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox–it’s easy to forget that these modern browsers descended from the war between Microsoft and Netscape. Today, we hear from a software engineer who was The post Browser Wars with Eric Sink appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

“We do agree that some internet is better than no internet. But it’s a question as what you define as the internet – and the internet has never been a filtered service like this.” In this episode, Jeff and Jeremy discuss Internet.org and the criticism it has received from organizations like the EFF. Internet.org is The post Internet.org and the Fight for Net Neutrality with Jeremy Malcolm appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Following the successful experiment of History of Hadoop, we are doing another Saturday experiment: an editorial podcast. Let us know your thoughts via Slack, Twitter, or email! Our podcast errs on the side of technical rigor. Whether the topic is distributed databases, microservices, Soylent, Uber, or Dwarf Fortress, we try to separate hype from substance, deferring the The post 10 Philosophies for Engineers appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

“Humans are the most complicated thing out there – judging human skill is extremely hard, there’s all kinds of ways that people can be good.” Triplebyte is a technical hiring platform that vets engineers using a comprehensive evaluation platform and connects them to companies that are interesting in hiring them. Triplebyte was part of the The post Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

“The cloud as an environment – I had thought it was a purely utilitarian kind of thing. What I realized is that it’s a fascinating centralized repository of computation.” Wolfram Research makes computing software powered by the Wolfram language, a knowledge-based programming language that draws from symbolic and functional programming paradigms. Continue reading… The post Knowledge-Based Programming with Stephen Wolfram appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

“[As adults] we get overly serious, and a lot of the fun goes out of learning, so I think what we’re trying to do is make Treehouse delightful.” Continue reading… The post Treehouse with Ryan Carson appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

“If I was trying to learn coding on my own, to the level that App Academy was able to teach me, it definitely would have taken me significantly longer.” Continue reading… The post Poker to Programming with Haseeb Qureshi appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Mimir is a platform that helps schools scale up their computer science program. It provides automated code grading, plagiarism checking, code quality analysis and additional course management tools. Continue reading… The post Automating the CS Classroom with Prah Veluvolu appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

ChickTech is a nonprofit focused on getting and keeping women in tech. ChickTech: High School builds girls’ confidence, teaches them vital skills, and introduces them to a wide range of technological interests, from robotics to game design to programming. Janice Levenhagen is the Founder and Executive Director of ChickTech. Continue reading… The post ChickTech with Janice Levenhagen appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.