Open Source and Alchemy

Important comparison

Which country has the best developers?

China And Russia, Not The United States, Have The Best Software Developers

Finally! Truly random numbers

Encryption breakthrough: Scientists derive truly random numbers using two-source extractors

Gerente de projeto?

Boas razões para o desaparecimento - parcial - do gerente de projetos

Full-stack developer?

What is this? Answers here and here.

Question: if we had a standard programming language and standard APIs, everyone would be a Full-stack developer. Right?

John Backus insight

"Programming ... is now the province of those who prefer to work with thick compendia of details rather than wrestle with new ideas".
Backus seminal paper: Can Programming Be Liberated from the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and Its Algebra of Programs.
Ideas still valid today. And that was written before object oriented programming!

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