December 2008
24 posts
why does the jvm even crash?
Memory & Resource consumption JNI, JNI, JNI (bugs in YOUR code) Bugs in the JVM  Should I care ? no. What should I do? Try to fend people off with statements like these: Q: Should I send the core file or Dr. Watson log to a tech support engineer? Can I get some useful data from the core file? A: No and no. For one thing, since it’s either a bug in the JVM or in...
Dec 30th
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WatchWatch
github feature video blog - should be on your radar
Dec 29th
Dec 24th
Christmas, a merry one
i wish…
Dec 24th
the crisis
I may have been in denial about that crisis-thing. Can we please, this one time only, not fight a war?
Dec 22nd
Varnish Shopping List →
every project needs one of these
Dec 17th
Varnish Developer Rules →
Social rules Be sensible. If in doubt, think. If still in doubt, ask. Admit your mistakes, it’s faster that way. Thou SHALL not paint bikesheds Technical rules Our coding style guideline is FreeBSD’s style(9) See autoconf.des script for developer options to the toolchain. Use -Werror, there are no harmless warnings, only source code that does not express intent well...
Dec 17th
fortune says:
Welcome to UNIX! Enjoy your session! Have a great time! Note the use of exclamation points! They are a very effective method for demonstrating excitement, and can also spice up an otherwise plain-looking sentence! However, there are drawbacks! Too much unnecessary exclaiming can lead to a reduction in the effect that an exclamation point has on the reader! For example, the sentence Jane...
Dec 16th
marrying iCal and Google →
what took you so long?
Dec 15th
Octagate Site Timer - one useful tool →
Dec 15th
Stop torture music →
.. I can recall when that used to be a joke. Can’t see why they should have Bruce Springsteen in there.
Dec 15th
Only mock types you own →
Dec 15th
Dec 15th
Duck Typing
Working on real duck typing for JRuby.
Dec 15th
“We honor faith. Faith can be a positive force, enabling people to persevere in...”
– Robert Park, in ‘Voodoo Science’
Dec 14th
“Wer neu anfangen will, soll es sofort tun. Eine überwundene Schwierigkeit...”
– Konfuzius
Dec 12th
“Technical skill is mastery of complexity while creativity is mastery of...”
– Catastrophe Theory, 1977
Dec 11th
“Simplicity is an acquired taste; Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates...”
– Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Dec 11th
Dec 11th
Social Design Best Practices →
hold onto this if onto nothing else
Dec 5th
...like playing Bob's Laundry, but with benefits →
Bob’s laundry. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it.
Dec 5th
(Anti)Patterns
One languages pattern is another languages anti-pattern. lambdas and blocks are encouraged in Ruby - but I don’t like seeing lots of anonymous classes in Java, even though the underlying concept is supposed to be the same.
Dec 2nd
“Russian clown Yuri Kuklachev has a troupe of cats who do handstands, crawl along...”
– Reuters (via O’Reilly Radar)
Dec 2nd
“And that’s the point of languages like Ruby: You have the tools to decide which...”
– http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-28/you_cant_be_serious.md (via florianhanke)
Dec 1st