No mention of the pain actually setting up PHP web servers? Knowing how to tune apache/nginx fcgi etc?

Good point! I'll add that in, seems an obvious one to forget. I've been using nginx to load balance Go api's, so I guess I was still using nginx.

I bet he drives without a seatbelt too.

But they masked the headlights in the treatment process. Which also raises the issue, you'll still need to wash your headlights and number plate.

I don't think they did for the vehicle they took the picture of at the top of the Wired article. There's a clear difference between the clarity of the headlights.

This sounds more like he was made redundant than fired. If his role at the company is no longer required that is redundancy and there should be a severance package in his favour. Assuming laws are similar to the UK.

As does blinkbox.com in the UK

Unusable on Chrome under Ubuntu on an 8 core xeon with 32GB of ram.

You're trying to invent solutions to problems that nobody have.

JVM languages seem to be the flavour of the month at the moment. Why do IDE makers feel the need to invent their own languages?

Because many languages were designed with only the compiler in mind, but IDEs have requirements regarding language design, too…

Example 1: text-based preprocessors such as the ones you find in C or C++ are a nightmare for IDE developers. They turn static analysis into a game of guessing because your source code can manifest itself into too many variations.

Example 2: SQL: If a user wants to write "SELECT mycolumn FROM mytable;" but he/she has only written "SELECT " and now trigger auto-completion… it can not work, because the IDE has no idea from which table it can list the columns. If the language would have the syntax the other way around "FROM mytable SELECT mycolumn" auto-complete could easily propose the tables first and all the columns from a specific table later.

JVM is the platform, not the goal. The goal is increased productivity.

Leela is a mutant, not an alien.

I know I'll get downvoted, but that comment was probably much more hilarious than you intended.

The best thing on the page was the face palm user image.