4/4/2014 Article Links

Random stuff:

Oracle doubles the speed of MySQL query handling (Is it safe to stop worrying about whether Oracle will kill off MySQL?)

Scrum co-inventor: Agile can lower risk, but it won’t tell you how to code (in other words, lots of luck)

Developer picks: 7 hot tools for agile development (so hot, they’re cool)

Android is the most stable mobile OS, says new report (that is, when compared only to one other operating system…)

Google is tracking some employees for 100 years just to monitor their happiness (hmm, leaving work at the office will make you happier? Who would have guessed?)

Fire hazard forces recall of Lenovo ThinkPad batteries (shocking)

Why CoffeeScript Isn’t the Answer (needs more sugar?)

As advertisers phase out cookies, what’s the alternative? (Milk, what else?)

Three Types of Interview Questions Software Developers Should Expect 

Why you should always under-promise and over-deliver (and remember, to everyone else, even your estimates are considered promises)

Agile in the enterprise: To succeed, avoid the fundamentalists (be sure to stand up to them…in meetings…yeah, that’s it)

Software developers, you’re better when you work together (now, go sit in the corner)

You say Python, and I say Perl … (and attach Perl to Python, and you have yourself an interesting necklace for your main squeeze)

What the latest cloud explosion really means (puffier clouds?)