Pair programming, and a grass-roots movement
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I wanted to take a few minutes to share some thoughts and experiences about pair...
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Java: An Improved try-catch-finally Idiom
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In Java, exceptional problems not normally part of program logic are handled by using Exceptions....
USB Device Not Recognized in USB 3.0
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Unless you're having this problem: For USB 3.0 ports on an Arduino-like stack you may...
Android Hacking 101
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Introduction One of the reasons Android is so appealing as an ecosystem is that it...
Sneakernet Solved with Git Bundle
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Recently I wanted to transfer a presentation from one machine to another, and unfortunately I...
Iterative software development, part 5
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As promised, episode 5 is all about testing. I know, it's not always the most...
Blur 0.2 - Getting an Interactive Shell
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I use Apache Blur on one of our projects at Near Infinity. Currently it is version 1.2, and while it works well, Blur has been undergoing development in the Apache incubator project and now has a project that is going to add a repl to Blur.
Multiple ways to draw an image using CSS, HTML and Javascript
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I recently read an article by Vincent Durand on how to draw images using a...
Iterative software development, part 4
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Whew! Episode 4 was a tough one to get recorded! I packed a lot of...
Google Play vs Windows Store: A Stark Contrast
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It's a familiar story: anything-goes-wild-west vs bureaucracy-ridden-walled garden. But you probably already knew that. What...
Iterative Development 03
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Welcome to episode 3! Last time we got as far as rendering a cool-looking spaceship...
Iterative Development 02
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Welcome back for episode 2! It's time to implement our first real feature. And with...
Distributed Lock using Zookeeper
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On my project we have a number of software components that run concurrently, some on...
Writing Hive tables from MapReduce
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This is part one of a two part blog series on how to read/write Apache...
Reading Hive tables from MapReduce
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This is part two of a two part blog series on how to read/write Apache...