More than 6,000 hopefuls from around the world entered Facebook’s programming challenge, the Hacker Cup, in January. Three months later, just 25 finalists went head-to-head in a three-hour battle for ...

Some people believe that everyone should be a programmer. But Frank Duff is living proof this notion should be taken with a large grain of salt. In 2003, Duff quit his job as a software developer and ...

If you don't know exactly what a hacker is, join the club. Many people don't understand the term or its true implications. The meaning has changed a bit over the years and through the evolution of the ...

The programming bootcamp programs are riding a wave of popularity from the recent learn-to-code push. The utility of them is largely lost on the people who know just how many free resources are ...

It's never been easier to experience the power of a decentralized, transparent, immutable and secure blockchain. Dedicated to breaking down the barriers to building on blockchain, Algorand now adheres ...

Two weeks ago someone ran a poll on Hacker News asking what the readers’ favorite programming language was. Yesterday (April 5) I took a look back at the poll to see who came out on top. I wasn’t ...

This is a pretty large outlier. Most CS college grads in most of the country start in the 50-70k range depending on your specialization. If you live on the coasts, in a major tech hub (looking at you ...