The streaming selection is like the 99 cent section of Blockbuster. You've probably seen the movie before, but it's what's available. The Blue Ray / DVD selection is like the "New Releases" section - newer movies that aren't streaming yet.

I own a company that does hardware and firmware, mostly for projects in the IoT space. We've had clients hire us to connect all sorts of dumb stuff to the internet. Many times you're using a chip that has a framework or stack that already exists; be it BLE, or Wi-Fi, or even Sub-1GHz (my personal favorite, it's the Denny's of wireless protocols). These frameworks are usually written in C. So while it's possible to incorporate them into a C++ project, usually it's just not worth the time or risk; it's easier just to leave it in C. The key to writing in C is to make it as human readable as possible. Code is written once, but read many times. So don't just use shitty variable names like "count"; use something that makes sense like associatedDevicesCount. That being said, for tight loops, i is just fine. It's also interesting how little customers care about security, even when our team brings it up. We're always trying to strike a balance. More security generally means more time during manufacturing (loading keys, etc.) or making the product harder to use. With manufacturing time going for (in US) about $1 per minute, we want to keep things moving. And clients hate dealing with customer support calls because the user can't get his miniblind controller to talk to his iPhone. C is also very popular for lonely devices - things that have to sit out there and just transmit information periodically, and are difficult to reset if the firmware goes haywire. I'd bet that 99% of iBeacons are implemented in C. Certainly the ones we've made are in C. All that being said, I'd like to try C++ on a new project; if nothing else for fun.

While it's not a program that an everyday user would use, the application DragonFrame is the work of a single developer. This application is used on most of the major stop motion animation movies (Boxtrolls, Shaun the Sheep, Frankenweenie, etc.). I think that one-developer applications require a very, very good (aka "rock star") developer who enjoys working on one project for a long time.

Consider the three purposes that listening to music on headphones provides: 1. noise masking - it prevents you from being distracted from Sally Sales. 2. virtual barrier - wearing headphones means that someone knows that they are interrupting you to ask a question. Functions as a virtual door, per se. 3. motivation - the right type of music can make you work more effectively. You might want to find out what your bosses' objection really is - he might not like the fact that he has to interrupt his programmers to ask them a question. I am self-employed and work in my own office. I've found that listening to music helps a lot while coding but can be distracting when writing a report. For those of you who find listening to music distracting but still need the noise masking aspect, I recommend trying out any type of instrumental (ie. no vocals) music - it doesn't activate that part of our brain.

This is exactly why we waited until solutions were available from multiple vendors, namely Freescale (formerly known as Motorola) and Chipcon. However, we like the CC solution better, as its radio is better than Freescale's.