So for an iOS developer like myself Swift is pretty exciting. When a new language comes along, especially one that is sure to get traction, there is a lot of opportunity to create some exciting new things.  We all know that Swift will make inroads into the mac and iOS app scene, but as a…

A few years ago I was working at a finance company doing quantitative stock algorithms and I remember hearing an interesting story. Back in the early 2000’s there was some buzz around neural networks and their ability to be used to pick stocks.  The company at the time had invested some R&D into creating their…

This week in discussion with the rest of my team it became apparent that there was a lack of investment in creating tools to help with the productivity of the team. There are four distinct areas you can focus on to improve your productivity as a software developer. Focus Software development requires a lot of time to…