Regular Geek
regulargeek.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008
A personal tech blog covering startups, APIs, programming language job trends, Android and Apple, and .NET-leaning link roundups.
What HN saysHN commenters recommend it as one of several .NET-leaning reading lists, and link its programming language trend posts when discussing what to learn.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Android Is Apple’s Burger King1 people · 23 points · first shared 2010 · 30 comments on HN
- 2Does (startup) Location Really Matter?1 people · 11 points · first shared 2009 · 9 comments on HN
- 3Relational Databases Run the World1 people · 7 points · first shared 2009 · 1 comments on HN
- 4GMail Contextual Gadgets Are Cool, But Apps Script Could Be Huge1 people · 5 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 5Traditional Programming Language Job Trends - February 20121 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 6The Rise Of The API, The Future Of The Web1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 7What happened to the 9 programming languages to watch in 20111 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 8Your Job Mirrors Your Project's Lifecycle1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 9How Is Your Startup Communicating?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 10Required Reading in Social Media1 people · 1 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 11Things A Programmer Really Needs To Know1 people · 1 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 12Web Application Integration With OAuth1 people · 1 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 13How simple must you make your design?1 people · 1 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 14Google & Facebook Find Allies in Digital Identity Battle1 people · 1 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 159 programming languages to watch in 20111 people · first shared 2011
What HN people wrote when they linked it
gtani · 2011-01-01
http://www.dataists.com/2010/12/ranking-the-popularity-of-programming-…
http://regulargeek.com/2010/12/11/9-programming-languages-to-watch-in-…
For web dev one needs to understand the whole stack:
- some back end language: I recommend looking into scala, clojure, F#, erlang besides your 3, which are all terrific languages
- database design and tuning (SQL relational and otherwise)
- javascript/CSS and at least) compatibility matrix for IE, firefox and chrome
- reasonably proficient at linux admin: SSH, iptables, tools like nagios,
douche · 2016-02-07
I like these, tending towards the .NET world
Alvin Ashcroft's Morning Dew http://www.alvinashcraft.com/
Chris Alcock's Morning Brew http://themorningbrew.net/
Regular Geek http://regulargeek.com/category/geek-reading/