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How does one go from an idea to a sellable product? I have various ideas, not especially "high tech" more assembling of off the shelf components to create novel products that I think may be useful (I have a need for…

I have a couple of ideas I would like to prototype, pretty much off the shelf components with a power supply and maybe some smart switching attached. Where can I learn enough about electronics to (safely) plug some…

I am looking at new roles and see plenty of Java opportunities. I programmed Java in the past, but haven't really used it 8 years (since version 1.6 as far as I can remember). What changes / improvements have gone on in…

I started a bit over one and a half months ago at a startup in Barcelona. The founder went off to get married, then was bought an unexpected honeymoon, so payment didn't happen at the start of the month as it was…

I am a full stack developer for 12 years. Database based applications mainly, but a bit of everything. I am not sure if its because I have been learning more front end stuff the last few years, but the tech industry has…

I am the "database guy" for a sequencing centre. I have built the database and web front end from scratch, and the organization has grown over the last 3 years since I started there. There are a number of major…

I am a software developer. I have a reasonably good idea about how to start a software based company from reading articles on this site. I sometimes come up with ideas for hardware, or a mix of software and hardware…

OK, I am finally going to get another member of staff to help me. I read a lot about "How not to hire someone", how programming trivia questions are not a good idea. What ways do you guys have of finding someone good?…