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Enterprise Java
Analysing the performance degradation/improvements of a Java EE application with interceptors
When you are developing a Java EE application with certain performance requirements, you have to verify that these requirements are…
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Software Development
5 Things I Do to Stay Relevant
I have noticed that some Finnish IT professionals are complaining that being just a good employee isn’t good enough anymore.…
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Software Development
The next IT revolution: micro-servers and local cloud
Have you ever counted the number of Linux devices at home or work that haven’t been updated since they came…
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Core Java
Named parameters in Java
Creating a method that has many parameters is a major sin. Whenever there is need to create such a method,…
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Agile
Managers Manage Ambiguity
I was thinking about the Glen Alleman’s post, All Things Project Are Probabilistic. In it, he says, Management is Prediction…
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Software Development
PL/SQL backtraces for debugging
For many PL/SQL developers, this might be common sense, but for one of our customers, this was an unknown PL/SQL…
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Agile
Metrics: Good VS Evil
Pop quiz: What do earned value, burn-down charts, and coverage reports have in common? They are all reporting a metric,…
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Core Java
Java Numeric Formatting
I can think of numerous times when I have seen others write unnecessary Java code and I have written unnecessary…
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Career
Programming Language Job Trends Part 1 – August 2014
It is time for the August edition of the programming language job trends! The response to the language list changes…
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