I am now jobless. I am now independent. For the next few months, I am going to work on projects that do not provide any steady income and I have not planned to take on any consulting or freelance work. I am writing this post both for people that would be interested in what I… Continue reading Complete independence
Tag: open source
Experimental features
This post is about Antecons, a product recommendation engine, now part of Conversio. Antecons is no longer commercially available, but I have kept my developer diary on my website with permission. Yesterday, I found out exactly what it means when Google warns about their experimental App Engine features: Your code might eventually break. Let me… Continue reading Experimental features
Why you should not use Microsoft Silverlight for your next web application
The above warning message sums up everything I dislike about proprietary web technologies. Silverlight is a fairly new Microsoft technology from 2007 and Moonlight is its Open Source and not up-to-date equivalent that I have to use because Microsoft does not provide Silverlight for Linux. Since most software only run on Windows anyway why is… Continue reading Why you should not use Microsoft Silverlight for your next web application
Lisp
I try. I really do. I read articles, I write code, I frustrate myself and I force myself to spend countless hours making things work. Whatever I do, I keep bumping my head into yet another wall. I’m trying to grasp Lisp. According to John McCarthy, Lisp represents a local optimum in the space of… Continue reading Lisp
Licenses continued
Well, kudos to Microsoft for their Bizspark program. It is intended to help small business by providing free Microsoft products. It’s a good way to try and get developers to start using their products. Thanks to that, I now have access to Windows and Visual Studio for free. Our intentions are still to use all… Continue reading Licenses continued