Are we too dependent of the tools we use?

A few weeks ago, I had the unfortunate chance or let's say "opportunity", of working on something without going through my usual workflow. And what did I learn from that experience? Well, that you are as good as the tools you use and the most important…

When is autoplay music acceptable on a website?

Interesting question, don't you agree? I would like debate a bit about this subject, because I ran a poll on Twitter and I believe we all encountered this on our endless endeavors around the Internet realm. Music. Love it or hate it, it's a part of…

Maps API or X marks the spot.

No, we're not making fun of Apple Maps, but we could if we wanted to. Let's just say I don't want to jump wink wink into the whole Apple Maps conundrum. This article, in particular, is focused on describing my adventures with Apple Maps&…

Developers and holidays. A weird relationship?

'tis the holiday season! Maybe you're coming or going home for the holidays. Whatever maybe the case, you rejoice the fact that you finally have a break from all the stuff that happened this year. It doesn't matter how well this year went, what'…

Monitoring all the stuff!

Despite the fact that we are being monitored day and night by an entity that knows almost everything (even what we had for brunch on Nov. 5), and yes I'm talking about moon people, we still have an unsatisfied need of knowing what happens to our belongings. Be…

The great category conundrum.

It all started on one December-ish looking morning. It was the year of our lord 2013 and the snow was nowhere to be found, keeping that mind, there was a slight smell of bugs in the air. You know the type I'm talking about? The ones that don&…

Developers and social media. Is it a good thing?

Lone wolves or night owls, that's how you usually describe your friendly neighborhood developer. He doesn't travel in packs and usually you'll find him sitting at a desk tipping his fingers off on some piece of code that is either to stubborn to run…

A developer's tools of the trade.

You, me and your weird cousin that thinks he can make websites out of macaroni, well we're developers (At least some of us are!). We rely on some sort of service or tool to get our work done, right? Right! Sometimes the tools we use are super complicated…