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In my two immediately previous posts, I looked at reducing the number of parameters required for a...
AWS EBS in 4 stepsWhen you fire up an AWS AMI, you are given a small partition of disk space that survives reboots....
All other metrics are uselessWhen it comes to queues, whether they’re implemented as JMS, database tables (i.e. what...
Explain how you would get a Thread Deadlock with a code example?
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException:
Can an interface define inner classes?
What is the flaw with the Stack class?
Why MongoDB is worth $1.2 billion
10/10/2013 - Wondering how MongoDB Inc. raised $231 million to become the first billion-dollar open source startup? Andrew C. Oliver thinks
Oracle's Larry Ellison might hold some answers.
Andrew C. Oliver,
InfoWorld
Ruby scripting language makes embedded play
10/08/2013 - Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto says Mruby, a lightweight Ruby variant, will compete with Java in the embedded space.
Paul Krill,
InfoWorld
Why HealthCare.gov is still a mess
10/08/2013 - Built with Ruby and Jekyll, the new HealthCare.gov portal has been plagued with issues since it launched on October 1. Here's
what experts are saying about the front- and back-end issues leaving health insurance seekers in the lurch.
Serdar Yegulalp,
InfoWorld
Developers are just family guys, study reveals
10/04/2013 - A recent Evans Data study on developer demographics unearths facts about U.S. developers as a group, busting common stereotypes
while revealing career trends.
Paul Krill,
InfoWorld
Web app coders: Clean up your act!
10/03/2013 - There's a lot you can automate and optimize about front-end workflow coding -- so why not do it? Get tips for automating your
build, testing, and documentation processes, along with a listing of open source tools that can help.
Jonathan Freeman,
InfoWorld
Fear multicore apps? Reactive programming to the rescue
10/02/2013 - Typesafe Senior Software Engineer Josh Suereth explains why Akka banks on reactive programming rather than the more sequential
programming style of old, and also discusses the impact of Lambdas, coming in Java 8.
Paul Krill,
InfoWorld
Review: Xcode 5 makes better, faster, stronger iOS and OS X apps
10/01/2013 - Major upgrade to Apple's IDE scores high with faster compiling, 64-bit support, easier debugging, source control integration,
and automated testing.
Tom Thompson,
InfoWorld