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Core Java
Java implementation of Optimal String Alignment
For a while, I’ve used the Apache Commons lang StringUtils implementation of Levenshtein distance. It implements a few well known…
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Enterprise Java
Getting Started with Hazelcast
In July I wrote a blog introducing erlang to Java developers, highlighting some of the similarities and differences between the…
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Enterprise Java
Coordination and service discovery with Apache Zookeeper
Service-oriented design has proven to be a successful solution for a huge variety of different distributed systems. When used properly,…
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DevOps
SSH & Vagrant
Vagrant is a handy tool for creating VMs. It’s a lot like firing up an EC2 instance, but in Vagrant’s…
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Core Java
What are Reentrant Locks?
In Java 5.0 a new addition was made to enhance the intrinsic locking capabilities, called as Reentrant Lock. Prior to…
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Enterprise Java
Using Sorted Sets with Jedis API
In the previous post we started looking into Jedis API a Java Redis Client. In this post we will look…
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Core Java
How to use ECC with OpenJDK
Everyone who ever tried to use Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) in Java with an OpenJDK was either forced to use…
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Software Development
It’s not a bug, it’s…
When does a bug become a bug? Who decides that it is a bug? How many legs does a lamb…
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Enterprise Java
Hibernate Facts: Favoring bidirectional Set(s) vs List(s)
Hibernate is a great ORM tool, and it eases development considerably, but it has a lot of gotchas you must…
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