Articles by Nate Swanner

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  2017: A Boring Year for Programming Languages

  [caption id="attachment_142485" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Programming Language Popularity[/caption] Now in our rearview mirror, 2017 will likely be remembered as the year that machine lea…
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  Nintendo Switch Has Chicken-Egg Problem for Devs

  [caption id="attachment_139249" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Nintendo Switch[/caption] The Nintendo Switch was the darling of 2017. It surprised at almost every turn, and gave us all-time gr…
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  Basecamp Sets Precedent for Remote Worker Pay

  [caption id="attachment_145616" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Basecamp is paying remote workers more in 2018[/caption] Project management platform Basecamp isn’t based in Silicon Valley. It d…
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  Big Nerd Ranch 'Frontier' is Advanced Online MOOC

  [caption id="attachment_138456" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] MOOC classes let you learn at your own pace[/caption] Top tech bootcamp provider Big Nerd Ranch is dipping its toe into the deep…
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  5 Things Nobody Tells You About Going Freelance

  [caption id="attachment_145429" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] A freelance developer's "home office."[/caption] "Freelance developer" sounds like the easiest gig around. Make your own hours, w…
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  How to Beat Imposter Syndrome Once and for All

  [caption id="attachment_145424" align="aligncenter" width="3811"] Imposter Syndrome[/caption] Imposter syndrome is tech’s dirty little secret. Everyone has it, nobody talks about it – and it driv…
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  Google Wants 64-Bit Android Apps Starting in 2018

  [caption id="attachment_144613" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Android Bot[/caption] Much like Apple did with iOS, Google is set to demand all Android apps support more recent APIs, and is mak…
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  IBM Shuttering Swift Sandbox January 2018

  [caption id="attachment_142486" align="aligncenter" width="2567"] Swift at the Dice Offices in San Jose[/caption] Swift Sandbox is shutting down in January 2018, as IBM ‘deprecates’ it to focus o…
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  What Augmented Reality Will Mean to Devs in 2018

  [caption id="attachment_143220" align="aligncenter" width="3090"] Augmented Reality (AR)[/caption] Augmented reality (AR) made a big impact in 2017. Since its debut, it seems everyone in tech has…
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  The Most Popular Bad Passwords of 2017

  [caption id="attachment_145480" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Weak passwords hurt us all[/caption] Every year, we are inundated with a series of hacks that remind us of the importance of stro…