Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Curious About Apple Watch Adoption Numbers? Check This Out.

  The Apple Watch is clearly the best-selling smartwatch around. Still, Apple refuses to divulge just how many units have been sold. One developer’s findings might give us a good idea. David Smith…
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  Tech Pros Can Save a Lot of Cash Working Remotely: Study

  Nobody wants to go into an office, and a new study shows that, in addition to avoiding the stench of microwaved fish, working from a remote location (like home) can save tech pros a ton of time (…
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  Many Bootcamp Grads Have Trouble Finding Work: Survey

  Bootcamps are expensive and time-consuming, as well as unregulated. Some people question their usefulness in finding students a job in tech, but new data shows that half of bootcamp learners may…
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  Apple Gets Serious About Server-Side Swift With SwiftNIO

  Server-side Swift is not new. Plenty of options for weaving communication between a Swift app and the almighty cloud exist, but Apple has now released its own tooling to make that back-and-forth…
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  Hipsters Ruined Ruby, But It's Fine Now: TIOBE

  According to the latest TIOBE index, Ruby is climbing back into the mainstream after being ditched by hipsters, and that could be good news for developers. TIOBE reminds us it once awarded Ruby i…
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  Remote Devs Outshine In-Office Teams, Collaborate Better: Study

  According to a new study from GitLab, remote developers and tech pros may be more productive (and feel better about working) in a team setting. In its most recent Global Developer Report, GitLab…
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  GitHub Releases 'Licensed' to Help Devs Automate Licensing Checks

  Licensing is important for any open-source project. But as dependencies mount, tracking licenses and changes can be difficult. GitHub is hoping to ease that burden by open-sourcing one of its int…
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  5 Worst Programming Languages to Learn Today

  Learning a new programming language is often necessary for work; but a new study suggests some languages just aren’t worth your time, regardless of why you want to know them. Although some progra…
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  Attending Bootcamp After Graduation May Boost Tech Salary: Study

  For tech pros, when it comes to the "bootcamp or college?" question, the answer is often binary: you go to one or the other. But as it turns out, a healthy mix of formal education and bootcamp ex…
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  'Hackterms' Is Like Urban Dictionary for Tech Pros, and It's Awesome

  It’s going to happen: At some point in your professional career, you’re going to feel stupid, and it’s going to be because you forgot some simple term. A fun new site named Hackterms may be able…