Software Development
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Do Not Think That One Second is Fast for Query Execution
I keep encountering situations where RDBMS users think that one second for query execution is anything near fast. Most recently,…
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R: Replacing for loops with data frames
In my last blog post I showed how to derive posterior probabilities for the Think Bayes dice problem: Suppose I…
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4 Creative Ways to Test Your Code in Production
What are some considerations and things to think about if I want to get the most out of testing in…
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Why “No Source Control” Is Not A Problem
Because having source control is a solution. Sometimes we get fixated on something that’s missing, and we’re sure that’s the…
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Is Your Eclipse Running a Bit Slow? Just Use This Simple Trick!
You wouldn’t believe it until you try it yourself. I’ve been using the Eclipse Mars developer milestones lately, and I’ve…
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Know Your IDE: Eclipse
When I made the switch from .NET to Java, I naturally had to switch IDEs. With moving to Java, I…
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TDD, Code review and Economics of Software Quality
To understand the value of Junits (developer tests), try maintaining, or worst, refactoring a code base that has none. The…
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What are the 5 Trends for Testing in the Era of Big Data?
In today’s world of data explosion, big data applications and their implementations are growing dramatically. As data is at the…
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A beginner’s guide to Cache synchronization strategies
Introduction A system of record is the authoritative data source when information is scattered among various data providers. When we…
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