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Core Java
How many threads do I need?
It depends on your application. But for those who wish to have some insight about how to squeeze out most…
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Software Development
Dev vs QA, should there really be a distinction?
We had our scrum of scrum meetings last Wednesday where all scrum masters meet up with our line manager to…
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Core Java
QOTD: Java Thread vs. Java Heap Space
The following question is quite common and is related to OutOfMemoryError: unable to create new native thread problems during the…
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Enterprise Java
@Cacheable overhead in Spring
Spring 3.1 introduced great caching abstraction layer. Finally we can abandon all home-grown aspects, decorators and code polluting our business…
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Software Development
The Sprinting Centipede Strategy: How to Improve Software Without Breaking It
Our code has been broken for weeks. Compiler errors, failing tests, incorrect behavior plagued our team. Why? Because we have…
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Android Core
Android: Loaders versus AsyncTask
One of the biggest pieces of Android that I have neglected to learn about would be Loaders. Seeing as it’s…
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Core Java
The Importance of Packages
I remember approximately 15 years ago when I started learning Java. I read a lot about this ‘package’ thing and…
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Enterprise Java
Gradle – A Maven perspective
As reader’s of my blog would know I am a bit of a Maven fanboy. I had started using Maven…
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DevOps
Continuous Deployment: Are You Afraid It Might Work?
I’ve been wondering for a few years now, why it’s so hard to get companies to prioritize the work that…
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