http://smarterware.org A blog about software Tue, 15 May 2012 20:17:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://smarterware.org/6603/google-code-university http://smarterware.org/6603/google-code-university#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:56:12 +0000 Gina Trapani http://smarterware.org/?p=6603 One of the most frequently asked questions I get is, "How can I learn how to code?" Today fluorescentinca showed me Google Code University, a collection of tutorials on Googly languages (like Python, Java and Go) for relative beginners. Some good stuff there. (I also wrote a more general Lifehacker piece last year that can help you decide what language to start in.)

]]> http://smarterware.org/6603/google-code-university/feed 0 http://smarterware.org/3287/should-you-or-shouldnt-you-host-your-own-webapps http://smarterware.org/3287/should-you-or-shouldnt-you-host-your-own-webapps#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:55:09 +0000 Gina Trapani http://smarterware.org/?p=3287 One of the smartest people I've ever met, Maciej Cegłowski, says you shouldn't self-host web-based software like WordPress or Fever or eventually, Google Wave, because it requires you to "devote half your life to learning and understanding [server] administration." Go with a hosted service or generate flat HTML files of your blog posts that you upload to your server automatically instead, he says. While Maciej's argument may apply to some (ok, most?) folks, I disagree: When it comes to a project you care passionately about, doing it yourself is much more educational and satisfying (and won't take half your life). Sure, most people should just buy instead of build, but they'll never get something that's exactly what they want and unlike any other.

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