Best of Reddit’s Inconvenient Volume Controllers

It all began one week ago, with a seemingly harmless post by PM_ME_YOUR_WATERMELO on Reddit. The question, “Who can make the best volume slider?” became the challenge that readers of the ProgrammerHumor subreddit took on. Let’s take a look at the best of the best. Hope it isn’t too big of an inconvenience by TheDistantIsles: […]

Looks like we’ll all be coders soon.

Everyone is worried about losing their job to machines. You may have heard of the robots that replaced burger flippers in California. But are all of our jobs really at risk? While some jobs will be lost to Artificial Intelligence (AI), others will be created by it. A statistics evaluation published last month from the United States […]

If coding languages were sandwiches …

CoffeeScript = open-faced jam sandwich Where JavaScript is PB&J, CoffeeScript is an open-faced jam sandwich. CoffeeScript is JavaScript but without semicolons and curly brackets. It was made for JavaScript programmers who wanted to save time and code in shorthand. Just as eating an open-faced sandwich is messier than eating a closed-faced sandwich, having no brackets […]

Being a coder isn’t just about coding.

We’re excited to announce our new Kickstarter: Complete Guide to Self-Promotion for Techies and Startups. We need your help to make a course that teaches coders soft skills. ‘Soft skills’ include teamwork, communication and management skills. If you want to start your own coding business, there’s much more to it than the technical aspects of […]

THE Habit of Highly Effective Coders

A good coder is good because they code. “I never took a day off in my twenties,” says Bill Gates. “Not one.” The number 1 way to get better at anything is to practice. It doesn’t matter if you do it wrong. As long as you do it. Suppose you want to improve your typing speed. Typing fast […]