Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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For Startups, Is a Tech Giant's 'Help' Always a Good Thing?
Startup founders: if a major tech company offered you support and tools, would you take it—even if it meant ceding a bit of control? Microsoft recently announced Microsoft for Startups, a $500 mi… -
Visual Basic is in Danger of Obsolescence: TIOBE
Visual Basic is headed for obsolescence, according to the February update of the TIOBE Index. “Last week Mads Torgersen of Microsoft announced that they will stop with the co-evolution strategy o… -
After Spectre and Meltdown, Intel Expands Bug Bounty Program
Intel, which is still wrestling with the fallout of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, is expanding its bug-bounty program. Whereas Intel’s bug-bounty program was previously invitation-onl… -
Universities Want to Bring Ethics to the Tech Industry
A few U.S. universities are introducing new courses that will explore the ethical ramifications of technology. The goal is to bring “a more medicine-like morality to computer science,” according… -
Is Developer Pay Evenly Distributed, or Do a Few Take Most?
A few years ago, a developer named Dan Luu published an interesting analysis of developer compensation. Although his data set was limited (as he restricted himself to surveys and studies that foc… -
Is Blockchain, Bitcoin Hype Translating into Real Jobs?
To say there’s a lot of hype around Bitcoin and Blockchain is an understatement: within the past two months, the price of Bitcoin skyrocketed to nearly $20,000 per “coin” before spectacularly cra… -
Google's Android KTX May Streamline Kotlin Programming
Google really wants developers to build apps with Kotlin, which it recently named a “first class” programming language for Android. In order to streamline that adoption, Google unveiled a preview… -
Best Ways to Score a Significant Pay Raise
Why did tech professionals score pay raises last year? Skill had something to do with it—but it wasn’t the only factor. Nearly a quarter of respondents to the new Dice Salary Survey said they lan… -
Most Developers Begin Coding at an Absurdly Young Age
You’re never too young to start building software: three-quarters of developers began coding before they could legally drink, according to new survey data from HackerRank. Some 21.1 percent of Ha… -
Is Virtual Reality Becoming a Commercial Failure?
Back in ye olden days of 2016, virtual reality (VR) seemed ready for a mainstream breakthrough. Encouraged by tech giants such as Facebook (which had acquired Oculus in 2014) and Valve (which rel…