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Comment node.js + mongodb! (Score 5, Funny) 281

use node.js -- it's javascript so you don't need to know any computer science bullshit to use it. But it's also twice as fast as C since it never blocks. Mongodb is also good because you don't need to understand databases or make sure your numbers are really numbers or your dates are valid or any of that bullshit DBA crap like consistency or transaction. That makes it faster than SQL.

Comment Re:oh noes (Score 1) 170

gcc is still useful for fortran, ada, and cobol. It also has more backend support for older architectures. That's probably their biggest advantage but at the same time, nobody wants to support them so they get removed over time (and anybody who wanted to support them would probably be better off working with llvm). Some of the BSDs stick with gcc 2.9 (current version is 4.9) for certain architectures.

Comment Don't use DNS (Score 1, Funny) 349

Especially Comcast DNS. But Don't use DNS at all. The fact is you can skip DNS and use a /etc/hosts file. This isn't 1982 anymore, disks are huge and it only takes a couple hundred megabytes to host it. With a cron job to rsync it every hour you no longer need to worry about manually updating it either. (It's simple enough to pass the grandmother test!) For those rare cases where a name isn't in my hosts file, I just request the page using an email-to-web service.

Comment Re:Stills seems like it has to be an inside job (Score 1) 228

uhh, actually it does. The "startup" definition varies but it generally boils down to not having a viable business plan. It means throwing feces against the wall and hoping it looks like art. Why would a competent programmer work for a high risk company without a viable business plan?

Yeah, I'm pulling a No True Startup and saying if they have competent programmers, they're not a startup.

Comment What will it take? (Score 1) 290

It seems like every time you turn around, another bitcoin exchange is hacked or some startup social network for dogs is secretly uploading all your phone contacts over clear text or a retailer is storing unencrypted cc numbers and passwords. Some of the worst offenders are brogrammers. Is there anything we can do?

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