Software Development
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Hello Cassandra
A colleague recently told me about several benefits of Cassandra and I decided to try it out. Apache Cassandra is…
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The simple scalability equation
Queueing Theory The queueing theory allows us to predict queue lengths and waiting times, which is of paramount importance for…
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Free as in Beer has caused Heartbleed (and Much More)
Heartbleed is a bit over one month old now. A bug significant enough to have its own Wikipedia page. Today,…
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Rest API best(?) practices reloaded
The last one and a half year I’m involved in 2-3 projects that expose a big set of Rest APIs…
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What If I do This?
When I started my career as a developer, there were testers on my team. That was a new concept for…
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Are Debuggers Crutches?
Debuggers have become powerful tools, but like a drug have we become too dependent on them? Since poor developers spend…
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Java 8 Friday: API Designers, be Careful
At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we’re really into jOOQ’s fluent API and query DSL, we’re absolutely thrilled…
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Tech Conferences for Dummies – dos and donts
I love going to tech conferences, I love the buzz, the learning, the engagement and the fun. There are a…
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Do You Have Tutorial Unit Tests?
I haven’t posted much recently because I’ve been busy with my new job. This brings up an interesting question –…
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