Software Development
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Logical vs physical clock optimistic locking
Introduction In my previous post I demonstrated why optimistic locking is the only viable solution for application-level transactions. Optimistic locking…
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Chained Access Delegation Pattern
Suppose a medium-scale enterprise that sells bottled water has a RESTful API (Water API) that can be used to update…
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R: A first attempt at linear regression
I’ve been working through the videos that accompany the Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R book and thought…
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Neo4j: Generic/Vague relationship names
An approach to modelling that I often see while working with Neo4j users is creating very generic relationships (e.g. HAS,…
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Test-Driven Development (TDD)
What is Test-Driven Development (TDD)? Test-Driven Development is a process that relies on the repetition of very short development cycle.…
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Beating The ARC
For the uninitiated, ARC is Apple’s term for Automatic Reference Counting. Objective-C uses a reference counting scenario to collect objects…
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The Caveats of Dual-Licensing
We’ve been in business for more than one year now with our dual-licensing strategy for jOOQ. While this strategy has…
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20 (Or So) Things Managers Should Stop Saying To Engineers
This post is a direct reply to an article I recently read with title : “20 things engineers should stop…
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