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Developers are on edge

David Heinemeier Hansson

It's a double whammy of anxiety for developers at the moment. If you zoom out, though, developers are still flying high on tailwinds that took them to the moon over the past decade. Contrast the fortunes of premium programmers in 2024 with their situation from 2014 or 2008, and they're still looking mighty privileged.

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4 hiring strategies that the 2008 recession taught me

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

The hemorrhaging of American jobs accelerated at a record pace at the end of 2008, bringing the year’s total job losses to 2.6 In contrast to the underlying financial cause of the 2008 recession, the current crisis is rooted in a health emergency. “ In 2008, the business crashed and there was no financial support.

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Product Science, which develops mobile app performance monitoring tools, lands $18M

TechCrunch

Given the pace of development, good performance isn’t always easy to maintain. Searching for an automatable solution, four siblings — David, Daniil, Anna and Maria Liberman — co-founded Product Science , a startup that develops performance management software for apps.

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Barbara Liskov Biography

The Crazy Programmer

In 2008, she received the prestigious Turing Award in computer science. The Liskov Substitution Principle, developed by her, states the basic nature of data abstraction and is used in type theory and object-oriented programming. Turing Award, in 2008. Barbara was born on November 7, 1939, in Los Angeles, California.

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VMware by Broadcom: The First 100 Days

CIO

VCF also makes life easier for developers by offering a self-service, private cloud experience, which enables greater productivity. From September 2005 to January 2008, he served as chairman of the board of Integrated Device Technology. VMware Cloud Foundation , or VCF, is our platform for innovation going forward.

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What is a Modern Sitecore Developer?

Perficient

As a long-time Sitecore practitioner (since 2008!), witnessing the evolution of Sitecore development over the years has been fascinating. With Sitecore’s transformation from a web CMS into a comprehensive martech suite, the role of a Sitecore developer has undergone a significant shift.

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November 2023 Patch Tuesday

Ivanti

The vulnerability affects Windows 10, 11, and Server 2008 and newer server OS editions. Organizations that are still running Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 or 2012 R2 should ensure they are subscribing to a Microsoft ESU subscription or take additional precautions to protect these older server editions.

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