Picking a Backend Software Stack pt1
If you have every been lucky enough to be able to pick the technology stack that you work on you know how exciting the process can be. However, it can also be a daunting task. Sure if you are developing an Android app or an iOS app you are pretty limited on what...
Save a New Dev, Review His Code
If you read my last post, you would know that I spent a lot of time last month developing for Android. One of the projects is a simple stock widget that uses Google’s deprecated finance API to pull the user’s financial portfolio and display stock data. To start, the...
A Month in Eclipse
As anyone who reads this regularly will know, I spend most of working day in XCode developing for Apple’s iOS and OS X platforms. However, I have had a long affinity for Java and am a fan of the Android operating system; I have a number Android devices including the...
Frauds and Other Impostors
Impostors. Frauds. We’ve all hear of them and we all go out of our way during the hiring process to avoid them, but do they really exist? Sure, there are those that might not do as good a job as others, but is there really anyone applying for programming jobs that...
Review: Revolution in the Valley
Revolution in the Valley is the story of that first Apple development team that brought the world the Macintosh and in doing so changed computing history by making the computer a personal item focused on communication rather than computation. Popular mythology...
NSTask 100
I’ll get right to the point here. Reinventing the wheel is bad. Period. End of sentence. If you have a requirement that can be met by an acceptably licensed open-source software project and you are not using that project, then you are likely adding unneeded complexity...
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.
