jOOQ Tuesdays: Raoul-Gabriel Urma Explores What Java 8 and English have in Common

Welcome to the jOOQ Tuesdays series. In this series, we’ll publish an article on the third Tuesday every other month where we interview someone we find exciting in our industry from a jOOQ perspective. This includes people who work with SQL, Java, Open Source, and a variety of other related topics. We have the pleasure … Continue reading jOOQ Tuesdays: Raoul-Gabriel Urma Explores What Java 8 and English have in Common

The Top 10 Productivity Booster Techs for Programmers

This is the list we've all been waiting for. The top 10 productivity booster techs for programmers that - once you've started using them - you can never do without them any longer. Here it is: 1. Git Before, there were various version control systems. Better ones, worse ones. But somehow they all felt wrong … Continue reading The Top 10 Productivity Booster Techs for Programmers

Heavyweights Martin Odersky, Erik Meijer and Roland Kuhn Team up for a Coursera Course

Erik Meijer (famously known for LINQ, lots of other .NET goodies, and tie-dye shirts of timeless beauty) teams up with Typesafe's Martin Odersky (Scala Language) and Roland Kuhn (Akka) to bring you a 7-week-course on the Principles of Reactive Programming, starting on November 4, 2013. This cooperation of sharp minds can only mean good things, far … Continue reading Heavyweights Martin Odersky, Erik Meijer and Roland Kuhn Team up for a Coursera Course

Pinterest and SQL vs. NoSQL

I've recently discovered a very interesting read about Pinterest's architecture experimentation. One of the key messages is the fact that SQL and NoSQL data storage systems can coexist with each of them having their place. Here's the full article: http://highscalability.com/blog/2013/4/15/scaling-pinterest-from-0-to-10s-of-billions-of-page-views-a.html This reminds me of a previous article about Instagram successfully displaying how they implemented large-scale … Continue reading Pinterest and SQL vs. NoSQL