Software Development
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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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Yes, we do all infringe
When we use Java There is a lot of confusion about my We all Infringe post. So, I’m going to…
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Seven Databases in Seven Weeks – Hbase Day 2
This post is a recap of the second day of Hbase from the Seven Databases in Seven Weeks book. Most…
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Who’s afraid of the big bad class?
Ferocious, guzzling black holes of the software universe, super-massive classes result from run-away positive feedback: the class grows so huge…
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SQL Server Trick: Circumvent Missing ORDER BY Clause
SQL Server is known to have a very strict interpretation of the SQL standard. For instance, the following expressions or…
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Ranges and slices
I guess we’ve all seen Dijkstra’s famous argument that a range of natural numbers should be expressed using an inclusive lower…
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