Spotlight on Bruce Tate »

If you feel like there's been an explosion in new programming languages and paradigms recently, you aren't alone. Understanding those changes isn't just interesting, it's crucial to advancing your career. Luckily, Bruce Tate, programming veteran and award-winning author, can help you make sense—and make use—of it all. Scroll down to read our latest interview with Bruce, join the AMA, and get a chance at a free ebook.

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Bruce Tate is a veteran software developer, award-winning author, and serial entrepreneur. A lot of people claim they've seen and done it all, but in Bruce's case, that's not much of an exaggeration.

We recently sat down with Bruce to discuss what drives pivots in programming languages, why some technologies are more readily adopted than others, how needs inform major language design decisions, and how technologies like LiveView can cause us to entirely re-think what it means to be, say, a full-stack web developer. And while exploring where we are, how we got here, and where we're heading, Bruce also provided us with useful insights and practical tips for choosing where to spend our time and energy when considering which tools to pick for our next project.

You can read the full interview with Bruce at https://forum.devtalk.com/t/spotlight-bruce-tate-author-interview-and-ama/112887/2. And while you're there, be sure to drop a question in the AMA. You'll get a personal answer back, and you'll also get a chance to win a free ebook copy of Programming Phoenix LiveView.

And if AMAs aren't your thing, use the promo code devtalk.com for 35% off any of Bruce's books at pragprog.com.

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