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Career
How I Learned To Appreciate Job Hoppers
The possibility of being labeled a job hopper is still a concern for many in the technology world. This fear is…
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Core Java
Using IntelliJ..for 2 weeks, so far so good
It’s been almost 2 weeks that I have completely switched over to IntelliJ as my main Java IDE at home…
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Enterprise Java
Neo4j 2.1: Passing around node ids vs UNWIND
When Neo4j 2.1 is released we’ll have the UNWIND clause which makes working with collections of things easier. In my…
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Software Development
Testing effectively
Recently, there was a heaty debate regarding TDD which started by DHH when he claimed that TDD is dead. This…
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Enterprise Java
Connecting to Cassandra from Java
In my post Hello Cassandra, I looked at downloading the Cassandra NoSQL database and using cqlsh to connect to a…
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Core Java
Is it Imperative that you learn Functional Programming with Java 8?
I’ve recently been taking look at Java 8 and have got hold of “Java 8 In Action” published by Manning.…
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Software Development
SharedHashMap vs Redis
Overview This is a comparison between OpenHFT’s SharedHashMap and a popular key-value store Redis. Any vendor will tell you how…
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Agile
Scaling Agile? Think Out, Not Up
I taught the Influential Agile Leader workshop with Gil Broza last week in Edinburgh. (That’s why I was quiet. I…
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Core Java
My Move From ColdFusion to Java Development
Although I studied and experimented with different development technologies and tools throughout my college and graduate careers, my full-time professional…
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