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Enterprise Deployment
Every organisation I’ve developed software for held the belief that their deployment situation was special, unique and complicated. Most of them came up with convoluted release processes involving multiple manual steps, hundreds of configuration variables, shell scripts and workarounds. The … Continue reading
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But if I really ruled the world
My next software project would… Be written using node.js, Ømq, redis and riak.
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If I ruled the world
My next Java project would… Be built with gradle Use git for SCM Check in deployable artifacts Be an executable jar Use JPA annotations for persistence Would not… Use maven Use spring
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Lessons from memory
Every now and then I take a stroll down memory lane and read some old blog posts, both mine and colleagues’. After I stop cringing at how naive and earnest we all were I try and contrast my current opinions … Continue reading
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The future is noded
The future is noded. NOsql, Dynamic, Event driven, Distributed. A tipping point has been reached. The JVM is past its peak. Dynamic languages with a low cost of change and greater expressive power are in the ascendance. Scaling through multithreading … Continue reading
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Cheeky monkeys
It was when the backup file for my old blog reached 650 megs that I discovered that some naughty rascals had managed to store a bunch of mp3s on my server. Kudos to them for not buggering anything up so … Continue reading
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The almost annual blog migration
Finding myself once again spending the christmas-new year limbo period mucking about with a year’s worth of backlogged blog administration and semi-traditional experimentation with alternative hosting. I wouldn’t mind except it’s almost impossible to avoid reading stuff I wrote 8 … Continue reading
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Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!
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Dear Apple
Dear Apple, Although I love your products, as long as you continue to pursue your lawsuit against HTC, I shall no longer be buying any of them for the forseeable future. Best regards, Darren
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Attention deficit
Twitter has totally clobbered my ability to express any thought that requires more than 140 characters. Must get back into the blogging habi
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