jdmaurer

A great idea, but the pricing seems a little steep ($50/mo/policy) for something that can already be done using routing policies in your hosted zones.

Speed would definitely play a part if I wanted to integrate any CI deployment for a large site. My experience with PHP was never very good in the past, and after switching to Node, I haven't looked back. It had an inconsistent API, was unpredictable, etc. But then again, it has been awhile since I've used it. If it has gotten better since then, that's awesome. I should take another look at it.

Static site generators are used to speed up the process of development in terms of being able to code it as you would a dynamic site, but "compiling" down to a production-ready static site with minified code. A lot of them allow you to do things like including partials, string interpolation, using middleware and pre-processors, etc.

Cool, typography on the web can always be improved. Another cool one to check out is https://github.com/corysimmons/typographic.

Interesting article. If you can go to university on a full-ride scholarship without getting yourself into debt, then by all means, you don't have anything to lose. But when you say that self-learning is a lot more work than a degree, I have to disagree with that. Getting a bachelors in CS is no cake walk, and after you graduate, you'll have to spend years getting actual experience with a company anyway. Either way, to be successful in a field, you'll have to work extremely hard. For some, paying for a college degree can be self-motivation to work harder, but in the end, everyone will have to work hard to make it.

They have gotten a LOT better in the past few years, that's for sure.

Very true--it does take much more motivation and skill nowadays to get into a job without a degree. But it can still be done. Getting a degree doesn't give you a good Stack Overflow or GitHub profile. It's experience in the field that gives you that. I've interviewed coders for dev jobs at the agency I work at, and 99% of the time, I won't even ask/care about a degree if they have an impressive portfolio.

Well I use the term "going to college" loosely, it can be applied to getting any kind of degree (whether it's an MD or a bachelors) vs. self-learning, which is not pursuing a degree at all.

"disruption" = startup

Well it is a .gov... they have never been known for their beautiful UX :P

I think the worth of a college education varies so much from person to person, as well as field to field. If you are becoming a doctor, going to college is 100% necessary for obvious reasons. But for a programmer, it may not be, depending on the person.

More than helping you learn how to code, a college education helps you learn HOW to learn how to to code. You won't get much useful experience until you are in an internship or doing actual work in the field learning from people that are better than you. You can spend forever on theories, but it will never actually get you anywhere unless you put it to use. For the people that need to learn how to learn, the price of college can be worth it. For others, it can be a waste of time and a LOT of money.

Crap, now I can't stare at pictures of the 6s, wondering if it will be 6s-ful... #applepunsfordays

On a more serious note, it seems strange they wouldn't have failover environments for just such occasions... Maybe @Too is on to something, and this is a new way for big companies to drive traffic to their sites prior to a big launch. Genius.