APIs are in the midst of fundamentally remaking the way software works. Not too long ago each software program stood alone running on a computer without the ability to connect to the internet. Then the web came along and we were able to deliver rich applications right in the browser…

I badly wanted to learn how to code for so long, but kept putting it off because I thought it was too hard, it would take years or perhaps a computer science degree, and there was so much contradictory information out there that I didn't even know where to start…

In a previous post I argued that coding is not “the new literacy”. However, for anyone who is starting a software company, knowing how to code is about as essential as knowing how to read. Startups are at the heart of a modern day renaissance that is fundamentally changing the…

The idea that “coding is the new literacy” has been thrown around a lot over the last few years, and has almost become conventional wisdom at this point. While I think learning to code is an excellent life choice, I do not think that it rises to the same level…