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Developer Jobs in Four Charts

What's really going on with developer jobs in 2026? Let's check out four charts that tell a story about what's going on... and what really matters.

Interviews, Salaries and Skills

Interviews, Salaries and Skills

By far, the most complete material I've seen for prepping for a technical job interview can be found at https://www.techinterviewhandbook.org/. In addition to the technical aspects, there's also great details on recruiting process, jargon and salary negotiations. As a note - there are a

Modern Dev Stacks

Modern Dev Stacks

Here are some of the developer stacks/tools I've been finding interesting lately. Svelte/SvelteKit svelte.dev - build excellent web apps. (tip: use SPA mode FTW) tauri.app - turn those excellent web apps into excellent mobile & desktop apps sqlite - store data locally for those mobile & desktop

Developer Job Boards

Developer Job Boards

Nowadays, the most popular job boards (Indeed and LinkedIn) are also completely saturated. The best way to find a job, hands down, is face-to-face networking. A warm referral is vastly more likely to succeed than any blind submission to a job posting. That said, a specialized job board

Sanity Checking with Data

Starting A Business

Sanity Checking with Data

Great sites for sanity checking claims made online. Federal Reserve Economic Data | FRED | St. Louis FedDownload, graph, and track 824,000 economic time series from 114 sources.Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisMacro SnapshotMACRO SNAPSHOT by the St. Louis FedOur World in DataResearch and data to make progress against the

Gear List

I have been slowly upgrading the gear I use to make my videos on my YouTube channel. Here's the gear list in case you are curious! Studio Setup * Main camera - was Sony Alpha ZV-E10, which is plenty for YouTube talking head. * Paired the ZV-E10 with this

Dealing with Legacy Code

Dealing with Legacy Code

Tips on how to deal with legacy code - including strategies for not ruining your career in the process!

Tech Recruiter Interview (Ed Nau)

Tech Recruiter Interview (Ed Nau)

Educational YouTube

Educational YouTube

A list of nice educational YouTube channels I would recommend to anyone who asked.

Crossplatform UI Frameworks

Crossplatform UI Frameworks

There are (more or less) three ways to build a cross-platform app. 1. Use the standard UI widget system on each platform, and then try to provide a higher level abstraction. This is the strategy used by Java's AWT and (I believe) React Native. 2. Use a

Supabase C#

Two videos on Supabase and C# - an overview of how to use Supabase with Unity, and also some updates on new features and usage with Godot.

Open Web App Logo

I recently built an app that includes the option for downloading to the Apple iOS store, Google Play store - or you could just click to open it up in your browser and call it a day. I looked and couldn't find a nice logo to put next to

Resources for Moving In The USA

Resources for Moving In The USA

Thinking of moving somewhere in the US? Perhaps you are ready to shake things up and move away from your hometown - perhaps for retirement, a job, or school. Here are some tips on resources to make that decision easier, with a particular focus on interactive tools to help you make your decision.

Java Web Development and HTMX

Java Web Development and HTMX

An overview of using Java, Spring Boot, and Thymeleaf with HTMX, and also tips on how to set up your Spring Boot app for use with a visual editor.

How To Name A Business

Starting A Business

How To Name A Business

Naming a new business venture is a pain. Here’s a short list of things to consider: * Domain name * Trademark (US and possibly other countries) * Existing usage * Homonyms (words spelled differently, similar sounds but different meanings) * Homographs (words with same spelling but different meanings) * Cultural meanings (in that language) * Cultural

Using a Scaled Resolution May Affect Performance?

Using a Scaled Resolution May Affect Performance?

I recently bought a Mac Studio, mainly because the M1 Max is an amazing chipset and once I got used to that level of performance on my MacBook Pro, my old iMac just seemed incredibly slow in comparison. That, in turn, meant buying a monitor. I decided the Apple Studio

FOMO Java Modules

FOMO Java Modules

If you are interested in Java modules because the JavaFX docs make it seem like you need to use them, you don’t. Here’s a GitHub template to build nice JavaFX apps with a slim native jpackage installers & the ordinary classpath for your application. Works great, have fun.