Articles by Nate Swanner
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Behold! The Most Hated BS Business-Speak Buzzwords, Ranked
In a survey (yes, someone actually studied this) of over 1,000 professionals, GetResponse set out to discover the most hated buzzwords and “business-speak” we encounter routinely. The results are… -
How Swift and Kotlin Destroyed Dropbox’s Terrible C++ Pipe Dream
For years, Dropbox used C++ to share features between its various platforms. It now says that dream is dead; instead, it will focus on Swift and Kotlin for mobile platforms. It began using C++ wh… -
H-1B Visa Program: Top U.S. States for Applications
Have you ever wondered which states feature the heaviest H-1B visa use (by companies within their borders)? It may not shock you to find California, Texas, and New Jersey are the heaviest users.… -
Coding Bootcamps Enjoying Massive Growth, but at What Cost?
So 2019 was the best year for coding bootcamps, ever, following a 2018 that featured a lull in student enrollment. This is great for bootcamp providers (who already enjoyed five years of growth h… -
Apple’s Next iPhones May Lean Hard Into Augmented Reality With ‘AMX’
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple’s next iPhones – a successor to the mid-range XR, and two new “Pro” models – will carry an A13 SoC. That’s expected, but the report also notes an “… -
Weekend Roundup: Carmen, Ceramics, Cases, Card Care, and Codenames
It’s the weekend, which means you’re ready to catch up on the things not quite worth reading a full article about... but still interesting enough for a roundup. There’s a lot of Apple news, a bla… -
GitHub Quietly Opens Learning Lab to Everyone (and Any Subject)
Last year, GitHub spun up its Learning Lab to teach developers how its platform worked. Now, the company has gently opened Learning Lab to everyone, and removed its self-imposed limitations on wh… -
GitHub Token Scanning Adds Dropbox, Discord, Atlassian as Partners
GitHub’s token-scanning feature, which carefully monitors repositories for nefarious code injection, is adding Dropbox, Discord, Atlassian, Proctorio, and Pulumi as partners in an effort to broad… -
H-1B Visa Most Used for ‘Software Engineer,’ ‘Software Developer’ Roles
A recent H-1B visa data-dump from the U.S. Department of Labor shows job titles such as “software developer” and “software engineer” are the most widely used for H-1B candidates. We analyzed the… -
Weekend Roundup: Planes, Purchases, Poor Judgement, and Just Plain Spyin’
It’s the weekend, which means you’re going to procrastinate doing anything until Sunday at 8 PM, then curse yourself for wasting another 48 hours away from work. Please allow us to catch you up o…