I disagree with the principle that we should make more things to reduce waste. I'd much rather take the 800$ I'm supposed to spend on buying this phone, and give it to someone trying to repurpose old electronics.
I;d say, it's his wedding. The answer to "Why not do it this way?" is that as a couple, that's not what they wanted. This only looks "faked" is because we have no personal connection with the couple.
I'm with you on the sensationalist bit, and would take it the additional step of assuming we have no right to barge in & opine over someone else's wedding... so long as they're not hurting anyone (or any trees). I'm guessing that last bit is the sticking point :)
+1 I think many of us would pitch in on a hacked-together version of this just hosted on github. The repo that builds this out could itself be a testing ground for the project.
I humbly disagree. Building a company to be the size of Microsoft is not a trivial matter, no matter how you stretch it. You'd need to catch a VERY big wave of innovation.
I'm totally on side that the author is exercising a little "wishful thinking", and changing microsoft would suck, But I'd rather have (very deep seeded) management problem then have to come up with an idea as basic/brilliant as selling software for a profit.
I think this serves as a great testimony to just how homogenous / under-considered the "flat" aesthetic has become. For crying out loud, flatUI is a kit for replicating this appearance! I love the flat look, but as soon as kits for replicating a look start to grow in popularity, it's time to move on.
I agree, but think the issue is slightly deeper. The branding lays the sass / pass / social elements on a little too thick for my taste. I immediately get the sense that this software is limited compared to a 'hard core' game engine. I'm sure that's not the case, but the visuals seem to belie this.
+1 Backbone. For me the more open-ended approach has allowed space to try different approaches to see where they fail, and refactoring. This open-ended approach seems to jive well with the spirit of js, and has definitely made me a better dev.
Couldn't Agree more. A professional dev should know one of these languages well. They should be judicious enough with their time to know that it doesn't make sense to "just pick up" a language for job-related work.