What’s the Go language really good for?

Over its more than 15 years in the wild, Google’s Go programming language has evolved from a curiosity for alpha geeks to the battle-tested programming language behind some of the world’s most important cloud-native software projects. If you’ve ever wondered why Go is...

The top 4 JVM languages and why developers love them

The Java virtual machine provides a high-performance, universal runtime for a wealth of popular languages beyond just Java. In this article, we’ll look at the characteristic strengths and common use cases of four of the most popular JVM languages: Kotlin, Scala,...

The quiet glory of REST and JSON

I don’t expect that many developers today fully appreciate the quiet glory that is REST and JSON. But then, most developers today have not been around the software business as long as I have. It’s only natural that we old timers have a clearer idea of how incredibly...