-
Software Development
Unix: Redirecting stderr to stdout
I’ve been trying to optimise some Neo4j import queries over the last couple of days and as part of the…
Read More » -
Enterprise Java
JBoss BRMS Complex Event Processing (CEP) Performance Benchmark
Technologies come and go, but one thing remains constant. We love the complex components that make our lives easier when…
Read More » -
Software Development
Using YAML over the network
Overview There is a number of popular text based protocols for exchanging data over the network. These include XML, FIX,…
Read More » -
Software Development
Sed: Using environment variables
I’ve been playing around with the BBC football data set that I wrote about a couple of months ago and…
Read More » -
Core Java
Impulse: “Adventures On The Road to Valhalla”
With all this talk about Java 9 and Project Jigsaw we should not loose sight of another big change coming…
Read More » -
Core Java
Flag Parameters and Overloading in Python, Java, and Kotlin
Jumping around between multiple languages can help you notice some differences between idioms and best practices in different languages. One…
Read More » -
Software Development
A Software Engineer As a High-Level Government Adviser
Two months ago I took the job of adviser to the cabinet of the deputy prime minister of my country…
Read More » -
DevOps
Creating a Cross-platform Docker Development Environment
How many times have you read this statement: “The great thing about Docker is that your developers run the exact…
Read More » -
Core Java
Agrona’s Threadsafe Offheap Buffers
This blog post continues my ongoing series on the Agrona library by explaining how we offer easy access to offheap…
Read More »
