2013
Get it right
How to be a faster programmer? Get it right the first time! An obvious advice - but maybe something can be learnt from it?
Jar as a service on windows
Tech post on how to get a jar running as a service on windows, using Jetty as the setup example
Surviving vistitor spikes
Does your webapp survive several hundred percent more visitors than what you’re used to? Practical tips on handling this (and having fun with it)
Java is verbose? Hurray!
Why javas verbosity is also a good thing
Estimates: the 95% done syndrome
Failing an estimated deadline: how to save yourself and still helping your customers
Power editors (vim revisited)
Follow up on trying out vim. Why you need to learn at least one power editor (and it might be vim)
Estimates: the +100h joke
Some digits are not tangible in an estimate. You need to split those until you get a feel for how long it is
Is learning vim worth it
My attempt at gauging whether vim is worth learning (without spending the time everyone says it takes to). See if you should go for it or not
Get yourself a fast project
On the opportunity cost of using new frameworks and languages
Jetty multiple instances
Running multiple instances of jetty from the same installation
Fast programmers
Why some programmers are 10x faster and what you can learn from it
Bug repellants
Stop typing at random. Start solving bugs - the right way!! Which is really the only way - ask a bunch of questions, verify and repeat
Rotating backups with rsync
Backup for your home-network. A perl script that does rotational backups via ssh and rsync onto a backup machine. No compression, no incremental backups - full snapshots with low data redundancy thanks to hard links
Phone meetings
Bear Grylls style survival tips for agile teams lost in the corporate jungle
ctrl click sum gdocs spreadsheet
I got tired of waiting for google to implement summation of non adjacent cells in docs. Here’s a workaround for it in greasemonkey / tampermonkey
The next big language
Everyones favourite prediction - what the next big language will be. Meta-style
If it weren’t for the … customers
Code reuse increases business, profits and customer satisfaction. Everyone wins, right? Not so fast, there is a cost to code reuse. But sharing ideas is a win win
Boredom the hidden asset
Are you easily bored? Congratulations! Why you may want to skip on those sugary distractions and let it be your compass for truly inspiring things
Custom syntax in pygments
How to create a custom syntax highlighter for octopress using pygments
Stages of a code review
Code reviews are great! Your team will evolve with it - but not without initial bumps. Where’s what to expect when code reviews are brought into a team
Fantom the language
Introduction to the jvm language Fantom (formerly known as Fan)
Setup
Credits for the looks and software generating this blog
Hello World!
Who am I and the lofty goals this blog