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Agile
To estimate or not to estimate, that is the question
Disparaging those who provide software estimates seems to be a growing sport. At conferences, in blogs and the twitter-verse it…
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Core Java
How to create a memory leak
This is going to be a rather evil post – something you will be googling when you really wish to…
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Enterprise Java
Spring JMS, message automatic conversion, JMS template
In one of my projects I was supposed to create a message router that like all routers was supposed to…
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Enterprise Java
When Maven Dependency Plugin Lies
Problem: We had an integration test which creates a spring ClassPathXmlApplicationContext and while doing so the test blew up with…
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DevOps
Concepts of SNMP (including v3)
SNMP Purpose. SNMP is a protocol for getting the status (e.g., CPU load, free memory, network load) of computing devices…
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Core Java
Why a synchronized StringBuffer was never a good idea
Introduction StringBuffer is a synchronized class for mutable strings. The main problem with making it synchronized is that It was…
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Enterprise Java
Simulation of time consuming actions in integration tests
Quite recently in one of my projects I had a situation in which I needed to create an integration test…
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Software Development
The Art of War: How it Applies to Software
Sun Tzu wrote: War is of vital importance to the state; hence it is a subject of inquiry which can…
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Software Development
A Theorical Look into Object/Resource Pool Pattern
Definition: Sometimes our software projects need costly object creations (database connections, socket connections, large graphical objects etc.). This cost may…
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