From late 2011 to early 2014 I was a lead developer at Nurun Toronto, a digital agency focused on e-commerce solutions. Facing a pipeline of new projects with nothing but Spring in one hand and Java in the other, I realized that it was time to quickly explore alternatives. Working at an agency puts things in perspective. Missing a contractual deadline because “Java sucks” isn’t going to impress cl
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