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Enterprise Java
Is Asynchronous EJB Just a Gimmick?
In previous articles (here and here) I showed that creating non-blocking asynchronous applications could increase performance when the server is…
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Core Java
Commons VFS, SSHJ and JSch in Comparison
Some weeks ago I evaluated some SSH libraries for Java. The main requirements to them are file transferring and file…
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DevOps
Getting Started with ELK Stack on WildFly
Your typical business application would consist of a variety of servers such as WildFly, MySQL, Apache, ActiveMQ, and others. They each…
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Software Development
The 10x Developer Blueprint
There’s been a lot of discussions on 10x developers, whether they exist or not (for example, here and here). I believe they…
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Software Development
INTERSECT – the Underestimated Two-Way IN Predicate
Have you ever wondered how you could express a predicate that “feels” like the following, in SQL: WHERE Var1 OR…
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Software Development
Thoughts On Comments
Wow, telling people to comment their fucking code really hit a nerve. The reactions covered the whole spectrum from “just…
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Enterprise Java
Random JCache stuff: multiple Providers and JMX beans
JCache (JSR 107) is the Java standard for Caching… enough said. No more introductory stuff. This is a quick fire…
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Core Java
Unit testing HTTP calls with LocalTestServer
There are times when you’re unit testing code that is making HTTP calls to a remote server. You could be…
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Agile
Who Should be Your Product Owner?
In agile, we separate the Product Owner function from functional (development) management. The reason is that we want the people…
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