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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies.

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Interview with Mark Sylvester, Likeabilitee

socalTECH

They had been recommended as a preferred provider for Facebook application developers, but it didn't work. We're working on how quickly we can provision servers, and what those metrics are, and it's been fantastic. What we did, is we made our first foray into HTML5 and Javascript. We're using Elastic Beanstalk.