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Core Java
Java Concurrency Tutorial – Atomicity and race conditions
Atomicity is one of the key concepts in multi-threaded programs. We say a set of actions is atomic if they…
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Software Development
A Wonderful SQL Feature: Quantified Comparison Predicates (ANY, ALL)
Have you ever wondered about the use-case behind SQL’s ANY (also: SOME) and ALL keywords? You have probably not yet…
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Software Development
The most important factor in software decay
Do you have big balls of mud? Here’s an experiment to amaze your friends. You probably listen to music on…
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Core Java
Autoboxing, Unboxing, and NoSuchMethodError
J2SE 5 introduced numerous features to the Java programming language. One of these features is autoboxing and unboxing, a feature…
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DevOps
The Emergence of DevOps and the Fall of the Old Order
Software Engineering has always been dependent on IT operations to take care of the deployment of software to a production…
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Core Java
Publish JAR artifact using Gradle to Artifactory
So I have wasted (invested) a day or two just to find out how to publish a JAR using Gradle…
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Enterprise Java
The dark side of Hibernate AUTO flush
Introduction Now that I described the the basics of JPA and Hibernate flush strategies, I can continue unraveling the surprising…
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Core Java
Understanding volatile via example
We have spent last couple of months stabilizing the lock detection functionality in Plumbr. During this we have stumbled into…
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Core Java
JUnit in a Nutshell: Hello World
JUnit seems to be the most popular testing tool for developers within the Java world. So it is no wonder…
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