A 2008 review of FriendFeed, a web 3.0 startup aggregating updates from 35+ social media sites, analyzing its features and limitations.
A summary of the SpringOne 2008 keynote on the Spring Source Application Platform, focusing on OSGi for enterprise application challenges.
A developer's summary of day one at SpringOne 2008, covering talks, IDE integration, a classloader issue, and licensing for the Spring Source Application Platform.
A developer details creating a custom Visual Studio Team System check-in policy to run solution-specific unit tests, addressing a multi-solution project challenge.
A 2008 critique of the original iPhone's lack of true Web 2.0 capabilities, focusing on push notifications, an open app store, and video streaming.
A summary of a talk on advanced Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) concepts, including practical examples using Hibernate and JDBC.
Overview of EclipseLink's high-performance JPA features for Spring, including caching, query hints, and database state history.
A summary of a talk by Spring JDBC lead Thomas Risberg on performance tuning for data access in Spring applications, covering JDBC, transactions, and ORM configuration.
Summary of Jürgen Höller's SpringOne 2008 talk on Spring 2.5 features and a preview of the upcoming Spring 3.0 release.
A critique of common pitfalls that hinder success in Silicon Valley's tech startup scene, focusing on mindset and behavior.
Explains how symlinks affect directory navigation in Unix shells vs. programming languages like Python, highlighting the 'cd -P' option.
Explores how content commoditization increases the value of personal branding and trusted sources in the tech information landscape.
A software engineer shares his top 5 essential books for software professionals, focusing on design, refactoring, and testing.
Reflections on re-reading Eric Evans' "Domain Driven Design," emphasizing the importance of code as communication and semantic clarity.
Discusses the pitfalls of short-term, quarterly-focused business strategies in tech companies and the advantages of long-term planning.
Blog author announces switching to English posts and previews attending the SpringOne tech conference in Antwerpen.
A review of Douglas Crockford's book 'Javascript: The Good Parts', analyzing its focus on the language's best features and advanced concepts.
Developer modifies TinyMCE plugin for b2evolution to add callbacks, enabling automatic integration of Gallery 2 image insertion.
A tutorial on creating a custom GridView extension method for ASP.NET MVC using C# lambdas for templating, paging, and editing.
Analysis of Adobe's strategic moves in 2007-2008, including acquisitions and new web-based products like Photoshop Express and Acrobat.com, showcasing their competitive push.
