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Core Java
JavaOne 2016 Observations by Proxy
I was not able to attend JavaOne 2016 and so am happy to see numerous resources online that allow me…
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Core Java
Painful Reminder of Java Date Nuances
I don’t need to use java.util.Date much anymore these days, but recently chose to do so and was reminded of…
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Software Development
More on Spooling Queries and Results in psql
In the recent blog post SPOOLing Queries with Results in psql, I looked briefly at some PostgreSQL database psql meta-commands…
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Core Java
Apache NetBeans?
It’s fairly common to have significant announcements related to the world of Java released in the days and weeks leading…
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Software Development
AutoCommit in PostgreSQL’s psql
One potential surprise for someone familiar with Oracle database‘s SQL*Plus when being introduced to PostgreSQL database‘s psql may be psql‘s…
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Software Development
Even Good Code Comments Deteriorate
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I’ve been working a bit with Infinispan recently. One of the things…
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Core Java
Running -XX:CompileCommand on Windows
The HotSpot JVM provides several command-line arguments related to Just In Time (JIT) compilation. In this post, I look at…
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Software Development
Will StackOverflow Documentation Realize Its Lofty Goal?
StackOverflow.com has had a huge impact on software development. Although I agree with Fred Brooks that there is no silver…
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Enterprise Java
Infinispan Versions Mapped to Minimum Java Versions
I’ve been playing around a little bit with Infinispan recently and one of the characteristics of this “distributed in-memory key/value…
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