Have you ever wondered why CodePlex is so slow?
It’s hard to believe that nearly two months have already passed since opening the doors on the Username Availability Validator project. I made a few... more »
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Top 10 Web Dev Blunders of 2008
Downtime, stupid UI mistakes, miscues on communication, bad product launches... they happen to the best of us. Literally. Over the past year, many of... more »
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The Modular Java Platform
The JDK is big—and so we ought to modularize it. Doing so would allow us to improve the key performance metrics of download size, startup time, and... more »
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Guido's thoughts on Scala
Thoughts on Guido's recent gripes and apprehensions on Scala's type system and syntax warts.
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Is This Why Java Programmers Are Throwing In The Towel
If you qualify for this job and have all the above, then you are wasting your time as a software developer and should instead be working as a... more »
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Is OOP Better for Structuring your Code?
Functional programming languages have been gaining momentum provoking increased interest in power and flexibility they may provide. Johnatan Tang... more »
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How to get good people?
If I knew the answer, I would bottle it and would be rich. (insert mad laugher) Lacking a bullet proof answer, the following are my observations... more »
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Update your Resume!
What you say? You like your job? Have no intention of leaving? Why would I update my resume? Well, I too enjoy my job and the company I work for. ... more »
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Is DDD Worth It?
I really wanna do DDD. But I also got to thinking: “Why, actually?” The current architectures and approach to design with a services and dao layer... more »
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Why you Should Get on the Twitter Train?
2009 is the year you as the CEO of your microISV, startup or ISV get on Twitter. This post is for those who’ve managed to avoid Twitter, or dismissed... more »
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Java vs. .NET: Job Market and Salary Survey
Here I compared salaries and job market trends between J2EE and .NET Architect/Lead and Developer roles in the San Francisco Bay Area using data... more »
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1942 classes: statistics about Spring 2.5
Frameworks are growing with every release. Classes are changed, removed and added. In this series I zoom in on some well known projects and analyze... more »
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Who should be the Scrum Master?
Who make the best Scrum Masters? First off there are several roles that make a risky proposition for Scrum Master…
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Google interview process
All from google interviews: questions, answers, puzzles, algorithms and real interview stories including phone interviews. If you want to be hired by... more »
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Nanite: A Self Assembling Cluster of Ruby Processes
Nanite is Engine Yard's latest addition to their cloud computing strategy: a "self assembling cluster of ruby processes" to form the backend of highly... more »
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Analytics: Has Google Failed in China?
Many people have criticized Google’s (GOOG) management for losing market share in China to local firm Baidu (BIDU) after initially taking a commanding... more »
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Google’s Not That Ubiquitous After All
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I digg kicking that link into the zone of votes
So many means to share development related content these days. What's a poor developer to do?
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Simon Morris: No Future In Java
As I see it, there are two questions here: Firstly, will Cloud/RIA computing become a significant force on the desktop? Secondly, assuming it does,... more »
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Deuce 0.5 is almost ready! (10 days to Java STM...)
Finally after long work Deuce 0.5 is almost ready!!! Started as an academic framework for STM algorithm testing, became a real Java Software... more »
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Some Computer Science Blogs You Might Consider Following
A list of a several CS-related blogs to possibly add to your aggregator.
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What Sun should do - Tim Bray
Tim Bray is not shy about his opinions, sometimes taking the stance of the loyal opposition in his role as Sun's director of Web technologies. Here he... more »
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You STILL Work With JavaScript?
Some time ago, I had lunch with a former colleague I last saw in 2000, when we were working together in a project. We got to talking, and eventually... more »
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Stack Overflow Is You
I was surprised to find the following question on Stack Overflow: Jon Skeet Facts... Apparently this “question” is.. somewhat controversial; as of now... more »
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ORM Is NOT Inherently Evil
There were some comments on a previous post about how the problem described in that post is somehow typical for applications that use ORMs. I really... more »
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