I completely agree. It is entirely possible to secure with the appropriate API's.

Operations can be rejected by the server. If done correctly the client side can have an optimistic UI that is also secure. (Optimistic UI's don't need to wait for an ack from the server. They display local changes immediately and roll back if server denies.)

But that just adds to the complexity that the "BaaS" is aiming to remove?

We played on a computer in the classroom. Just modified the one on that computer.

"usefulness" is a good way to put it. Had never heard the quote "All models are wrong but some are useful". I like it.

The previous years conferences have been great! Wide range of technologies covered. Last year Guy Steele, and Doug Crockford gave a keynotes. Among my favorite talks last year were Nathan Marz on Cascalog, a data processing library written in Clojure, and Ryan Dahl on NodeJS.

Just noticed that Rich Hickey is giving a keynote this year. Really excited about this. I've watched some videos of his previous talks. He is one intelligent guy.

Douglas Crockford's keynote was awesome. It's up on InfoQ I believe.

This is a very interesting perspective. Initally I felt the title was slightly degrading. After reading the article however I feel the title is fitting and less degrading. I like the idea of cultivating your own personal image as a way to increase your demand. I for one have a bad tendency to put off releasing code or writing about what I am working on. I've been meaning to change this. I plan on using this article as a kick to start working on this type or "personal branding". I created a HN account and posted this comment to jump start this inititive. Thanks.

I'm glad I was able to influence you in some small, positive way. It's comments like this that give me real satisfaction as a blogger.