While he drops a lot of names in there (php, mongo, rails, etc.) I'd summarize it in a more general way - in the last 5 years the entry barrier to building highly functionable online apps has been lowered due to the rise of quality opensource abstraction layers and frameworks, and rapid exchange of knowledge/solutions through online hacker comunities.
What makes me happy is he's a proof that a programmer can spend 5 years under the ice and his programming skills are still valid, he just has to learn new toolsets. Also, I like how he quickly decided to skip the whole Objective-C/Android Java scene and jump straight to HTML5/Javascript for making mobile applications, which I believe makes sense for the type of apps I’m working on., looks like taking a break from the market isn't that bad after all.
Yes, this seems to be a good case of the Law of the handicap of a head start(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_handicap_of_a_head_s...), as we call it in Dutch. By not having invested in technology over the last five years, he is not burdened by that investment as others in the business will be.
Op here. Agreed, although part of me wishes I was involved during that time as I would have been right in the mix and could have caught that wave pretty early on. But there will always be another wave coming, which may be the html5 approach.
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While he drops a lot of names in there (php, mongo, rails, etc.) I'd summarize it in a more general way - in the last 5 years the entry barrier to building highly functionable online apps has been lowered due to the rise of quality opensource abstraction layers and frameworks, and rapid exchange of knowledge/solutions through online hacker comunities.
What makes me happy is he's a proof that a programmer can spend 5 years under the ice and his programming skills are still valid, he just has to learn new toolsets. Also, I like how he quickly decided to skip the whole Objective-C/Android Java scene and jump straight to HTML5/Javascript for making mobile applications, which I believe makes sense for the type of apps I’m working on., looks like taking a break from the market isn't that bad after all.
Yes, this seems to be a good case of the Law of the handicap of a head start(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_handicap_of_a_head_s...), as we call it in Dutch. By not having invested in technology over the last five years, he is not burdened by that investment as others in the business will be.
Op here. Agreed, although part of me wishes I was involved during that time as I would have been right in the mix and could have caught that wave pretty early on. But there will always be another wave coming, which may be the html5 approach.