Software Development
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Alternatives to global variables and passing the same value over a long chain of calls
The old, good global variables are the wrong solution to a real problem: you want some information to be available…
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NoSQL vs. SQL: Choosing a Data Management Solution
Table Of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Distributed systems: the CAP theorem 3. Relational data stores 3.1. MySQL / MariaDB 3.2.…
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Where’s the law?
If you would like to describe Law of Demeter in one sentence, it would go like that: “talk only with…
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Transcending REST and RPC
It seems that a new paradigm is coming. Facebook and Netflix have come up with different implementations for that idea.…
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How to Find the Closest Subset Sum with SQL
I’ve stumbled upon this very interesting question on Stack Overflow, recently. Its title is: [How to] compare a number with…
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WiPy on the home network
Recently there was a Kickstarter about “an Arduino that runs Python”, the WiPy. This is a small IoT board with…
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You Can’t Build An MVP
MVP is an acronym for Minimum Viable Product. Ever since the Lean Startup book and movement appeared, it has become the…
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In Defence of Monoliths
The first Microservices talk I attended was a year and a half ago. My first reaction was “why is that…
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Static Site Generator Shootout – JBake vs Jekyll
Earlier this year, I’ve been experimenting with static site generators. My eventual goal is to move this blog and a…
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