Route 53 Benchmark: The New AWS Geolocation’s Surprising Results

Latency vs. Geolocation: Testing DNS configurations across multiple EC2 regions using AWS Route 53 If you’re using the AWS stack,…

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Java 8: Compiling Lambda Expressions in The New Nashorn JS Engine

In a recent post I took a look at how Java 8 and Scala implemented Lambda expressions. As we know…

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The Anatomy of a Great Stack Overflow Question (After Analyzing 10,000)

How to phrase a question in Stack Overflow in order to get better answers Stack Overflow offers a great interface…

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Java and Scala event calendars for 2014

With Java 8 right around the corner and Scala picking up so much steam, 2014 is going to be a…

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Mirror Mirror – Using Reflection To Look Inside The JVM at Run-time

Developers: Takipi tells you when new code breaks in production –  Learn more We’re all used to employing reflection in…

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Top 100 Most Popular Scala Libraries – Based on 10,000 GitHub Projects

As Scala developers working in a language and ecosystem that’s rapidly growing and evolving, we’re faced with a constant dilemma…

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The Logging Olympics – A Race Between Today’s Top 5 Java Logging Frameworks

Developers: Takipi tells you when new code breaks in production –  Learn more Log4J vs SLF4J simple vs Logback vs…

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GitHub’s 10,000 most Popular Java Projects – Here are The Top Libraries They Use

As Java developers working with a language that’s both mature yet highly evolving, we’re faced with a constant dilemma whenever…

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Java Debugger – The Definitive List of Tools

Java debugging is a complex space. There are many types of debuggers, and numerous tools to choose from. In this…

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