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Supposedly today we have a lot of browsers to choose from - Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, etc. Having choices is a good thing, right? Nobody wants to relive the time of almost complete Internet Explorer domination again. Unfortunately our choices are significantly fewer than…
If someone had told me a few months ago I’d be playing with .NET again after a 15+ years hiatus I probably would have laughed at this.1 Early on in my career I played with .NET and Java, and even though .NET had done some things better than Java (as it had the opportunity to learn from some early Java mistakes), I…
redux adjective brought back; resurgent: the Victorian era redux.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. – Yogi Berra
Prelude
The people who live in a Golden Age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks. – Randall Jarrell