JavaOne 2016 Observations by Proxy

I was not able to attend JavaOne 2016 and so am happy to see numerous resources online that allow me…

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Painful Reminder of Java Date Nuances

I don’t need to use java.util.Date much anymore these days, but recently chose to do so and was reminded of…

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More on Spooling Queries and Results in psql

In the recent blog post SPOOLing Queries with Results in psql, I looked briefly at some PostgreSQL database psql meta-commands…

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Apache NetBeans?

It’s fairly common to have significant announcements related to the world of Java released in the days and weeks leading…

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AutoCommit in PostgreSQL’s psql

One potential surprise for someone familiar with Oracle database‘s SQL*Plus when being introduced to PostgreSQL database‘s psql may be psql‘s…

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Even Good Code Comments Deteriorate

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I’ve been working a bit with Infinispan recently. One of the things…

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Running -XX:CompileCommand on Windows

The HotSpot JVM provides several command-line arguments related to Just In Time (JIT) compilation. In this post, I look at…

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Will StackOverflow Documentation Realize Its Lofty Goal?

StackOverflow.com has had a huge impact on software development. Although I agree with Fred Brooks that there is no silver…

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Infinispan Versions Mapped to Minimum Java Versions

I’ve been playing around a little bit with Infinispan recently and one of the characteristics of this “distributed in-memory key/value…

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