Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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How Bootcamps Match Up with College
Some people who want to learn programming sign up for a four-year program at a college or university. Others opt for a three-month boot camp, especially if they want to enter the job market quick… -
Check Out Uber's Self-Driving Car
Watch out, Google: Uber has put its own self-driving cars on the road. In its bid to create autonomous vehicles capable of driving ride-share clients from point A to B, Uber has modified a hybrid… -
Meet Android N
The latest version of Google’s Android mobile OS doesn’t yet have a proper name. Google refers to it as “N,” while asking the public for suggestions. Although its final moniker remains unclear, A… -
Trump: The Programming Language?
Whatever you think of Donald Trump’s attempt to become President of the United States, it’s hard to deny that he’s provoked a lot of, er, interesting responses. For example, there’s now TrumpScri… -
Layoffs Rising in Bay Area: Reports
Tech layoffs in the San Francisco Bay Area “more than doubled” in the first four months of 2016, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The newspaper tallied 3,135 layoffs at Yahoo, Autodesk and… -
Google Chrome Wants to Kill Adobe Flash
It’s mid-2016, and you know what that means: Adobe Flash is still (probably) doomed. The latest nail in the coffin is Google’s decision to block Flash as the primary platform for rich media in ve… -
Meet Google’s Parsey McParseface
As software names go, Google’s “Parsey McParseface” isn’t a very serious one. But Parsey McParseface carries out a very serious function: parsing out the English language. “Parsey McParseface is… -
Why Ruby Is Making a Comeback
For the first time in a long time, the monthly TIOBE Index offers a little surprise: Ruby continues its aggressive climb up the rankings of most-used programming languages. As noted by TIOBE’s re… -
Get Ready for Android VR
Google will unveil a standalone Android VR headset at its I/O conference next week, according to seed investor (and Gizmodo co-founder) Peter Rojas. “Android VR will definitely be announced next… -
How Open-Source Pros Learn Their Skills
If there’s one thing that unites those in the open-source community—besides a love of building and maintaining software—it’s their inclination to teach themselves what they need to know. Accordin…