JavaScript is Not Assembly!
There is a growing idea on the web that JavaScript is somehow the assembly language of web. This is a horrible analogy for a number of reasons: it shows a misunderstanding of what assembly language is, implies that JavaScript is not a human readable language, and it...
Announcing Coder Radio
I am happy to announce that I am now co-hosting a show (Coder Radio)3 on software development with Chris Fisher on Jupiter Broadcasting. The show will air live every Monday at noon EST and be available for download shortly after. I hope the show is a resource for...
Balsamiq GDrive Edition
I have been more than a little critical of Google Drive, because of its poor support for source control (Git), however, I still use it for a number of document editing tasks. At the same time I have been looking for a wireframe editor that supports designing mobile,...
Programming Pitfalls: Bit in the ARC
Apple’s ARC (automatic reference counting) for Mac and iOS devices is intended to make Cocoa development easier. For the most part it does. However, in using it I have encountered a bit of a pitfall: by default the compiler does not optimize your code in debugging but...
Programming Pitfalls: NSAutorelease Pools on iOS 4.X
iOS 5 has brought a lot of quality of life improvements in terms of memory management and the general iOS development workflow, assuming you are on the latest tooling. However, nothing is free and there seems to be a little bit of a pitfall that you might hit if you...
Dell’s Project Sputnik
Been to a developer conference or meetup recently? If you have, you might have noticed something odd. A large portion of the attendees using Macs. Now if that conference was an iOS or OS X developer event, then it probably makes a lot of sense, but what about web and...
About Me
Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
