Akami: “Akamai Technologies, Inc, the world’s most trusted solution to power and protect digital experiences, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Linode, one of the easiest-to-use and most trusted infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform providers.”
I know of two small companies using Linode to run their web servics; Micro.blog and Overcast Radio. I wonder how this will affect small businesses, like those mentioned? Linode has a great reputation, is inexpensive, and gives you full access to your machine instances. All starting at $5 a month. Fingers crossed it doesn’t change too much.
Adobe Blog: ”C++ runs everywhere – Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and in browser. It gives you access to the hardware and OS on all platforms. It is well supported and standardized, with few discrepancies between implementations. C++ allows us to build high-performance libraries that can be used anywhere.”
If you’ve followed me for any amount of time you’ll know I love the C++ programming language. I spent a large amount of my career, 20 years, building software with it. I still think it’s a great language because it does run everywhere.
Heck, Safari and Chrome (derived from Safari) are probably the two most used applications on macOS and their core are written in C++.
I’d love to know of any other popular macOS apps written in C++. If you know of any, drop me a line at rob.fahrni@gmail.com. Thanks.
ESPN: ”The Houston Texans have hired Lovie Smith as their next head coach, the team announced Monday.”
I’m so happy to see Lovie Smith back at the helm of an NFL team. I still haven’t forgiven the Bears for firing him in 2012, after having an 10-6 season, but failing to make the playoffs. Since his firing the Bears have had one season over .500, Matt Neagy’s first season they went 12-4.
They should’ve kept Lovie.
Anyway, he’s back, and I’m happy for him.