Some months ago, I downloaded the Kodable app for my 4 year-old, which boasts that it can teach toddlers how to code before they can read. My programming skills are pretty basic, but I like the idea ...

Code reviews are expensive. Time spent reviewing code by managers and peers is time spent not programming. So if you’re going to do code reviews, it makes sense to do them well. That’s true of the ...

"You guys doing anything today?" That might sound like an ordinary, even dull question. But in my old neighborhood — mostly poor, entirely black '70s-era Gary, Ind. — that kind of question was grounds ...

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