Making the world a better place with ColdFusion, Web Startup, and Software
There is no decision that will impact your decision more in any software project than choosing the correct tool. The language, platform, framework and architecture you employ will decide whether you sink or swim. The right choices will help buoy you through great developers and average developers.
It is true that picking the right developers goes a long way, but if you handcuff them everything is going to be significantly slower, and tedious, leading to programmer burnout.
Anyone suggesting a language (including me) will only..
One code base, many platforms.
Flex/Air is delivering on what Java promised to be 10-15 years ago..
With Java many companies made their own Java Runtime and things became incompatible from platform to platform. Microsoft has replied with their WPF/Silverlight, it is capable, but in a lot of ways it doesn’t have the 10+ years of rich [...]
I answered a post on Stack Overflow that seemed to be popular.. so Here it is!
These are the signs I use to determine talent in programming
0) Understands programming is problem solving. The better you get at solving problems in general, the better programmer you will be.
1) A beautiful mind. An ability to quickly, clearly understand [...]
My Beliefs on startups, either gleaned or painfully learnt that I use to assess most anything:
ACTIVITY VS. RESULTS: In startups, do not confuse activity with results. Do not confuse progress with results either.
PROFIT IS BLOOD: Profitability and regular cashflow is the blood flow of your startup. Being able to survive is an accomplishment but [...]
I am generally technology agnostic, and pick the best tool for the job. When anyone tries to convince you of why to use this or that, it’s usually a personal preference.
What I have found is, Coldfusion is a productivity multiplier. It allows one developer to do the work of many people.
For me, Coldfusion is