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jp.stacey

Tue, 28/07/2015 - 17:59

More thoughts pertaining to glamour and unglamour:

Java and PHP arguably sit in the “mature” category now, and their communities are certainly more diverse than Ruby’s, but I know very little about their communities — because in some corners of the Ruby community, even admitting that you know PHP risks ostracization. PHP is that thing that WordPress theme developers use, after all. The only way to get less cool would be to use Microsoft." 
https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-life-cycle-of-programming-languages

"I chose an uncommon career path because I thought it would allow me more freedom of movement, more freedom of expression. Basically: just the opportunity for MORE. But since doing this for a few years now, I’ve realized it’s all a bit of a myth. Sure, it works to a degree. I certainly have more freedoms and maybe even more opportunities than if I was working 9 to 5. But at what price? There are many challenges and problems that I didn’t expect. Ones I certainly haven’t been prepared for."
http://travelsofadam.com/2015/07/is-it-all-worth-it/

Recently I’ve been having serious doubts about the whole push the web forward thing. Why should we push the web forward? And forward to what, exactly? Do we want the web to be at whatever we push it forward to? You never hear those questions.
nbsp;http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2015/07/stop_pushing_th.html