A new study has found 9 in 10 conversations held by software developers settles into a discussion about A.I. within the first 12 minutes. Any conversation that crosses the 30 minute mark has a 99.9% chance of becoming about A.I. in software. The study was conducted over a period of 12 months and includes over 11,000,000 conversations from 62,000 people.

There are many heated arguments software developers have amongst each other. *So. Many. Arguments.* Like feral cats, software developers will hiss, growl, or bare their teeth when in the midst of such an argument. One debate amongst them, developers not cats, is the difference between a UUID and a GUID. We spoke to some developers to understand the pros and cons of each so we could come to a final conclusion and save them from themselves.

Local developer Diego Cala is about to go into the office for a chill last day of the week. He usually works from home Friday, his one day a week. But the team decided this day is special. They'll all go to the new pizza restaurant across the street for lunch. It has one of those Coke machines with every flavor. They all hate those machines, but won't admit it. Diego is feeling good about today. It feels right. He's even on track to get in at 8:25 am because he didn't smack the snooze button. But Diego doesn't know just how bad the day will be.

At the heart of I.T. security is the vaunted firewall. A technology so profound, not a single Hollywood movie has described it correctly. Hacking through a firewall is more complicated than typing `admin` for the username/password combo. It takes skill. It takes determination. It takes cleverness. Or, it just takes the fire extinguisher kept 10 feet (6 meters) away at all times.

Your code sucks. I know it. You know it. Everyone on LinkedIn knows it. But improving your code isn't just aspirational anymore because as of this morning, the latest standard from the DevExMatters Standards Working Group, YouGood v1.0, was ratified saying your code can't suck anymore.