Software Development
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Breaking Bad … interfaces.
A question of efficiency. So, you start working on some code and a monstrous interface snarls back at you, picking…
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Why you should pay developers to learn
A true story We were having a meeting with a customer and he had just presented a project idea. He…
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How to Emulate the MEDIAN() Aggregate Function Using Inverse Distribution Functions
Some databases are awesome enough to implement the MEDIAN() aggregate function. Remember that the MEDIAN() is sligthly different from (and…
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Lambda Architecture for Big Data
An increasing number of systems are being built to handle the Volume, Velocity and Variety of Big Data, and hopefully help gain new…
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Regression
When we think of regression, we think of bugs. That’s the first thing that pops into our minds. As with…
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How to Be Honest and Keep a Customer
Most of our clients are rather surprised when we explain to them that they will have full access to the…
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Notes: Microservices by Martin Fowler
I just watched Martin Fowler’s talk about Microservices at XConf. Here are some of my notes and related thoughts. The…
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Continuous Integration Is a Hack!
“Continuous Integration is a hack!” said my friend Ben Rady years ago during a discussion on CI hosted by Stelligent.…
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Significant Software Development Developments of 2014
One of my favorite posts to write each year is the year-ending summary of some of the developments in the…
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