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Me through the Eyes of a 2 Years Old
This is how my niece sees me 🙂
Arrays in Java
I seem to be on a roll today so I thought I’d mention this little tip that I have come across in the past when using arrays — more specifically bi-dimensional arrays. We think of such arrays (in Java and other languages as well!) quite often as a bit of a Scrabble board where we […]
Apache Commons Collections
I discovered this recently myself (having not been a big fan of Apache Commons Collections in the past) — and it’s a useful feature if you are dealing with a list of objects that can be compared by more than one property. For instance, consider you have a list of Person’s (see class below) which […]
Thread Pools in Java
On the subject of Java code optimisation: I’m sure we’re all familiar with the concept of thread pooling — typically used together with the Executor framework. Configuring your thread pools can be tricky: choose a small value and you’re not making usage of your server power, on the other hand, choose a value large enough […]
Java StringBuilder
This is something that I have seen quite a few times while looking online at other people’s code so I thought I’d write about it quickly — preach the world and all that 🙂 I’m referring here to the JDK class StringBuilder, however, those of you who know your JDK classes would surely have figured […]
2 Little Monsters in a Cage
Write C++ Code in Microsoft Paint!
This is an absolute gem (thanks Tord!) — but you can write C++ code using just MS Paint!!!
Plan for a Crisis
If you haven’t heard the phrase yet, memorise it now: plan for a crisis! Because if there is one thing certain in the running of each company, that is having a crisis – we all encounter it on one level or another. You might be lucky enough for your crisis to be your project just […]
Quality Advertising!!! :)
I just pissed myself laughing seeing this and had to share it — a true gem from the guys at Funny Ads:
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