Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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H-1B Premium Processing Suspension Extended Through 2019
The Trump administration is tightening H-1B visa rules even more. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced an extension to its temporary suspension of premium processing fo… -
A Cloud Architect's Advice About Building an Efficient Cloud
Although the cloud has been with us for some time, many tech pros are still experimenting with the optimum way to make their tech stacks “cloudy.” Crafting a cloud-computing strategy comes with i… -
Apple Watch, Google's Wear OS, Fitbit: Fall's Big Smartwatch Contenders
A funny thing happened on the way to Apple dominating the wearables market: Other smartwatch manufacturers decided to pick up their game. Google/Wear OS For example, Google is now dedicated to bo… -
Building a Machine-Learning Platform? Open-Source It!
To open source or keep things tightly proprietary—that’s the existential question that any number of companies and developers confront on a regular basis. When it comes to machine learning and ar… -
Older Programming Languages Refuse to Die: RedMonk
Older programming languages refuse to die. That’s the conclusion you could draw from analyst firm RedMonk’s latest visualization, which shows the popularity of various programming languages since… -
Microsoft's Sketch2Code Makes Code from Your Poor Sketches
Earlier this year, Microsoft issued a program named “Ink to Code” that translated quick drawings of a user interface (UI) into working code. It was pretty cool, and obviously held a lot of promis… -
Julia Reaches a Big Milestone. Can It Become a Big Language?
Julia, an open-source programming language created by MIT, has reached its version 1.0 milestone. MIT has carefully nurtured the language since 2012. Although originally designed for high-perform… -
5 Programming Languages That May Dominate the Future
The other week, we predicted five programming languages doomed for extinction. It sparked a lot of comments, to put it mildly, but it also got us thinking: What programming languages will grow an… -
Majority of Businesses Involved with Blockchain, Despite Uncertainty
Some 84 percent of companies are “involved” with blockchain, according to a new report by analyst firm PwC. That could include everything from a proof-of-concept to a full-fledged product. (To co… -
Tech CEOs Issue Open Letter Over H-1B, Immigration Concerns
Technology leaders such as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently signed an open letter, addressed to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, that argues against c…