Software Development
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Is Java Riskier than C/C++?
Lately, I’ve heard a number of folks discussing whether Java development is riskier than development in C/C++ (from here on…
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CouchDB – Relax
Introduction Apache CouchDB, commonly referred to as CouchDB, is an open source database that focuses on ease of use and…
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Personal Behavior-Driven Development
This year I was fortunate enough to attend the KCDC conference here in lovely Kansas City. One of the sessions I…
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Creating a price model using k-Nearest Neighbours + Genetic Algorithm
Chapter 8 of Programming Collective Intelligence (PCI) explains the usage and implementation of the k-Nearest Neighbours algorithm. (k-NN). Simply put: k-NN is…
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10 More Common Mistakes Java Developers Make when Writing SQL
I was positively surprised to see how popular my recent listing about 10 Common Mistakes Java Developers Make when Writing SQL was, both…
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KISS My YAGNI
We are all familiar with the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and YAGNI (You Ain’t Gonna Need It) principles. And…
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Why is your software aging?
I recently stumbled upon a term software aging. My first thoughts on the subject were not too positive, especially after…
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What if every object was an array? No more NullPointerExceptions!
To NULL or not to NULL? Programming language designers inevitably have to decide whether they support NULLs or not. And…
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The Dark Side of Best Practices
Best practices are the backbone of software development (or so we are told). Every developer has his own opinions about…
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