http://www.dzone.com/links/users/links/270288.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:42:30 GMT The DZone community 2008-08-22T04:42:30Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/user/270288/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_to_get_35x_more_throughput_in_your_gridenable.html Your grid job will run slower if you add more consumers when the overhead of bussing individual grid-enabled tasks around the network is greater than the cost of processing those messages! This article shows our benchmarking metrics before and after implementing "mini-batching" to increase throughput. how-to research server trends Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:24:22 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/98194.html markturansky 2008-07-25T20:24:22Z Your grid job will run slower if you add more consumers when the overhead of bussing individual grid-enabled tasks around the network is greater than the cost of processing those messages! This article shows our benchmarking metrics before and after implementing "mini-batching" to increase throughput.]]> 98194 2008-07-25T20:24:22Z 2 0 5 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/98194.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/were_not_resources.html Talent matters. Treating highly intelligent software developers as “resources” is demeaning, dehumanizing, and ultimately counterproductive to an organization that needs to build and field a winning team. opinion trends Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:28:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/94001.html markturansky 2008-07-10T16:28:28Z Talent matters. Treating highly intelligent software developers as “resources” is demeaning, dehumanizing, and ultimately counterproductive to an organization that needs to build and field a winning team.]]> 94001 2008-07-10T14:23:01Z 2008-07-10T16:28:28Z 34 0 493 7 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/94001.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_to_incur_3x_costs_for_1x_worth_of_functionali.html This just happened to me: 1X is the original implementation, 2X is undoing your work when the requirements change, 3X is redoing the work with new requirements. Voila! 3X cost for 1X of functionality. how-to opinion Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:36:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/88062.html markturansky 2008-06-17T14:36:40Z This just happened to me: 1X is the original implementation, 2X is undoing your work when the requirements change, 3X is redoing the work with new requirements. Voila! 3X cost for 1X of functionality.]]> 88062 2008-06-17T14:36:40Z 3 0 17 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/88062.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_to_use_jdbc_batching_for_78x_throughput_gains.html Using the batched statement capability of your JDBC driver can give you 7-8X throughput gains. Not only is batching significantly faster, it’ll save database CPU cycles and be easier on the network, too. This article shows you how to do it and explains why it works so well. database how-to java server Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:14:01 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/84750.html markturansky 2008-06-03T18:14:01Z Using the batched statement capability of your JDBC driver can give you 7-8X throughput gains. Not only is batching significantly faster, it’ll save database CPU cycles and be easier on the network, too. This article shows you how to do it and explains why it works so well.]]> 84750 2008-06-03T14:15:21Z 2008-06-03T18:14:01Z 10 0 580 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/84750.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_to_kill_productivity_part_i.html Here's a quick, surefire way to add two hours of wasted productivity to two hours of meetings! This is, sadly, a real world occurrence for many of us. opinion Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:57 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/81414.html markturansky 2008-05-19T14:29:57Z Here's a quick, surefire way to add two hours of wasted productivity to two hours of meetings! This is, sadly, a real world occurrence for many of us.]]> 81414 2008-05-17T03:22:45Z 2008-05-19T14:29:57Z 25 0 1242 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/81414.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_new_yorker_publishes_an_article_proving_the_p.html Quotes Bill Gates: "They also came up with this idea to stop hurricanes. Basically, the waves in the ocean have energy, and you use that to lower the temperature differential. I’m not saying it necessarily is going to work. But it’s just an example of something where you go, Wow." Wow is right. They can patent an idea for controlling Mother Nature without any single shred of R&D that tries to actually accomplish an impossible feat. opinion trends Fri, 09 May 2008 22:08:55 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80189.html markturansky 2008-05-09T22:08:55Z Quotes Bill Gates: "They also came up with this idea to stop hurricanes. Basically, the waves in the ocean have energy, and you use that to lower the temperature differential. I’m not saying it necessarily is going to work. But it’s just an example of something where you go, Wow." Wow is right. They can patent an idea for controlling Mother Nature without any single shred of R&D that tries to actually accomplish an impossible feat.]]> 80189 2008-05-09T15:33:21Z 2008-05-09T22:08:55Z 21 0 333 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/80189.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/when_is_it_ok_to_refactor_or_should_it_be_left_th.html Know a well-named method from a bad one? Seen code that makes The Daily WTF readers blush? What about one that's more subtle? Weigh in on the argument surrounding one, simple, boolean method. When is it OK to refactor this or should it be left the hell alone? methodology opinion standards usability Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:25:46 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/74815.html markturansky 2008-04-08T05:25:46Z Know a well-named method from a bad one? Seen code that makes The Daily WTF readers blush? What about one that's more subtle? Weigh in on the argument surrounding one, simple, boolean method. When is it OK to refactor this or should it be left the hell alone?]]> 74815 2008-04-08T05:25:46Z 3 0 29 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/74815.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_mac_osx_and_linux_will_likely_never_be_the_wo.html "Think Different" translates to "It's Different", and that will prevent mass adoption. Secondarily, the paradox of choice in FOSS is an inhibiting factor for the Average Joe's desktop. apple open source opinion trends Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:02:22 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/73900.html markturansky 2008-04-05T03:02:22Z "Think Different" translates to "It's Different", and that will prevent mass adoption. Secondarily, the paradox of choice in FOSS is an inhibiting factor for the Average Joe's desktop.]]> 73900 2008-04-02T15:38:37Z 2008-04-05T03:02:22Z 7 0 578 9 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/73900.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/dont_make_me_think_applies_to_your_code_too.html You’ve reached a whole new level of mastery when you write for simplicity, elegance, and maintainability. This is done on purpose, and it’s hard to get right. Don't Make Me Think. That's how I feel about your code. how-to methodology opinion Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:48:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/73044.html markturansky 2008-03-28T03:48:35Z You’ve reached a whole new level of mastery when you write for simplicity, elegance, and maintainability. This is done on purpose, and it’s hard to get right. Don't Make Me Think. That's how I feel about your code.]]> 73044 2008-03-28T03:48:35Z 2 0 31 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/73044.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/nobody_should_work_alone_ever.html Nobody gets it right the first time. Nobody. No one should work alone in requirements, design, development, testing or any other phase of software development. The person who thinks they can do a better job solo is probably doing a poor job. opinion Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:29:47 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/72722.html markturansky 2008-03-27T15:29:47Z Nobody gets it right the first time. Nobody. No one should work alone in requirements, design, development, testing or any other phase of software development. The person who thinks they can do a better job solo is probably doing a poor job.]]> 72722 2008-03-26T11:53:09Z 2008-03-27T15:29:47Z 6 0 624 7 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/72722.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/scalability_high_availability_with_terracotta_ser.html What is scalability and high availability? is it a passive backup server getting updated in real time in another data center? is it 1.3 million real world messages in a weekend? We did both. Has anyone built the same with GridGain? A comparison would be enlightening. java server Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:49:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69780.html markturansky 2008-03-08T13:49:28Z What is scalability and high availability? is it a passive backup server getting updated in real time in another data center? is it 1.3 million real world messages in a weekend? We did both. Has anyone built the same with GridGain? A comparison would be enlightening.]]> 69780 2008-03-07T22:29:03Z 2008-03-08T13:49:28Z 14 0 347 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/69780.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/infoq_reviews_the_use_of_terracotta_server_as_an.html InfoQ does a "deep dive" into the use of Terracotta Server as a message bus. The author also mentions clustering Scala actors with Terracotta Server. There's a lot of momentum going towards the POJO MOJO. java server trends Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:21:22 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69541.html markturansky 2008-03-06T17:21:22Z InfoQ does a "deep dive" into the use of Terracotta Server as a message bus. The author also mentions clustering Scala actors with Terracotta Server. There's a lot of momentum going towards the POJO MOJO.]]> 69541 2008-03-06T14:07:24Z 2008-03-06T17:21:22Z 21 0 377 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/69541.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/better_javascript_templates.html Pure JavaScript templating with JSP-like syntax for your AJAX applications. Other JavaScript templates didn't work for us. One of them (TrimPath) failed JSTL compilation on a default Jetty server because TrimPath's Velocity-like syntax is too close to JSTL's. Another one (embededjs) couldn't load the templates from the server via Ajax because... we were already using Ajax. So I had to roll my own that works on the server and within Ajax. At 5k, it's 2-3x smaller than embeddjs and trimpath. Source is released under the JSON license. ajax javascript open source server Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:55:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69399.html markturansky 2008-03-05T23:55:40Z Pure JavaScript templating with JSP-like syntax for your AJAX applications. Other JavaScript templates didn't work for us. One of them (TrimPath) failed JSTL compilation on a default Jetty server because TrimPath's Velocity-like syntax is too close to JSTL's. Another one (embededjs) couldn't load the templates from the server via Ajax because... we were already using Ajax. So I had to roll my own that works on the server and within Ajax. At 5k, it's 2-3x smaller than embeddjs and trimpath. Source is released under the JSON license.]]> 69399 2008-03-05T18:25:51Z 2008-03-05T23:55:40Z 9 0 389 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/69399.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/horses_for_courses_or_tools_for_fools.html You've got the choose the right horse for the course, regardless of your personal preference. Otherwise, you're a fool using the wrong tool. Dispassionate and rational pragmatism makes for successful architects, developers, and systems. LAMP, .NET, JEE, Linux, Windows, Solaris, MySQL, Oracle, SQLServer... doesn't matter. They're all just tools in the toolbox. opinion tools Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:22:44 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/68832.html markturansky 2008-03-01T21:22:44Z You've got the choose the right horse for the course, regardless of your personal preference. Otherwise, you're a fool using the wrong tool. Dispassionate and rational pragmatism makes for successful architects, developers, and systems. LAMP, .NET, JEE, Linux, Windows, Solaris, MySQL, Oracle, SQLServer... doesn't matter. They're all just tools in the toolbox.]]> 68832 2008-03-01T21:22:44Z 1 0 21 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/68832.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/linux_is_killing_solaris.html From the "duh obvious" department... Linux is killing Solaris. After recently having deployed my project to both OSes, I can't wait to get back to an all-Linux data center. Why? There's no htop on Solaris. open source opinion server Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:11:33 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/68560.html markturansky 2008-03-01T15:11:33Z From the "duh obvious" department... Linux is killing Solaris. After recently having deployed my project to both OSes, I can't wait to get back to an all-Linux data center. Why? There's no htop on Solaris.]]> 68560 2008-02-29T04:06:06Z 2008-03-01T15:11:33Z 5 0 742 4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/68560.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_great_indian_outsourcing_is_over.html The Great Indian Outsourcing movement is over. Within two years, it'll be done. methodology opinion trends Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:42:30 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/67926.html markturansky 2008-02-25T17:42:30Z The Great Indian Outsourcing movement is over. Within two years, it'll be done.]]> 67926 2008-02-25T16:03:35Z 2008-02-25T17:42:30Z 21 0 1540 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/67926.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/some_wheels_need_reinventing.html Can "enterprise messaging" really fit into 92kb? It is enterprisey enough? Did we reinvent a square wheel? I was asked about the benefits of using Terracotta Server as our message bus in a comment on Jonas Boner's blog. I thought I'd explain why I think some wheels *need* to be reinvented. java opinion server Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:51:24 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/67347.html markturansky 2008-02-22T09:51:24Z Can "enterprise messaging" really fit into 92kb? It is enterprisey enough? Did we reinvent a square wheel? I was asked about the benefits of using Terracotta Server as our message bus in a comment on Jonas Boner's blog. I thought I'd explain why I think some wheels *need* to be reinvented.]]> 67347 2008-02-21T11:19:58Z 2008-02-22T09:51:24Z 9 0 430 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/67347.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/beware_nonnamespaced_classpath_resources.html Can you find the bug in this real-world example? It's subtle, entirely too easy to overlook, and probably all too common. The moral of the story is that namespaces are one heck of a good idea and you should always be careful when relying on classpath-based resources. java server Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:37:21 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/66625.html markturansky 2008-02-17T01:37:21Z Can you find the bug in this real-world example? It's subtle, entirely too easy to overlook, and probably all too common. The moral of the story is that namespaces are one heck of a good idea and you should always be careful when relying on classpath-based resources.]]> 66625 2008-02-17T01:37:21Z 1 0 21 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/66625.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/code_complete_doesnt_mean_youre_done.html Too many developers think they're done when they finish coding. They are wrong. Terracotta server is holding its own as our message bus, but we're not done just because we're code complete. java methodology opinion server Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:29:41 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/66089.html markturansky 2008-02-13T16:29:41Z Too many developers think they're done when they finish coding. They are wrong. Terracotta server is holding its own as our message bus, but we're not done just because we're code complete.]]> 66089 2008-02-13T11:03:46Z 2008-02-13T16:29:41Z 31 0 553 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/66089.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/fail_loudly_and_proudly_dead_programs_tell_no_tal.html Crashing a program and exiting might be better than "robust error handling." Logs alone were insufficient to help us find a deadlock in our system. Failing loudly and crashing the program, on the other hand, dramatically revealed the problem. how-to java opinion server Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:14:00 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/64899.html markturansky 2008-02-05T21:14:00Z Crashing a program and exiting might be better than "robust error handling." Logs alone were insufficient to help us find a deadlock in our system. Failing loudly and crashing the program, on the other hand, dramatically revealed the problem.]]> 64899 2008-02-05T14:04:19Z 2008-02-05T21:14:00Z 23 0 415 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/64899.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/caveat_emptor_when_reading_this_highly_popular_dz.html Are these guys selling snake oil? If you've checked out the popular DZone link http://www.dzone.com/links/101_design_patterns_tips_for_developers.html, post your opinions here. What do you make of their outlandish claims? java methodology opinion standards Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:30:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/64565.html markturansky 2008-02-03T09:30:35Z Are these guys selling snake oil? If you've checked out the popular DZone link http://www.dzone.com/links/101_design_patterns_tips_for_developers.html, post your opinions here. What do you make of their outlandish claims?]]> 64565 2008-02-03T09:30:35Z 2 0 28 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/64565.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/design_patterns_quick_reference_now_a_poster_too.html Looks like the original author made a poster version we can hang on our office wall. This is pretty cool. We have "Tech Happy Hours" at my company to go over stuff like this. We'll put a poster in our breakroom. .net java methodology standards Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:25:36 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/64292.html markturansky 2008-02-01T12:25:36Z Looks like the original author made a poster version we can hang on our office wall. This is pretty cool. We have "Tech Happy Hours" at my company to go over stuff like this. We'll put a poster in our breakroom.]]> 64292 2008-02-01T03:53:04Z 2008-02-01T12:25:36Z 11 0 867 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/64292.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_accidental_the_essential_and_coporate_earnings.html Fred Brooks' seminal paper "No Silver Bullet" applies as much to the business of software as it does to the software itself. opinion Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:51:24 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/64275.html markturansky 2008-01-31T23:51:24Z Fred Brooks' seminal paper "No Silver Bullet" applies as much to the business of software as it does to the software itself.]]> 64275 2008-01-31T23:51:24Z 3 0 6 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/64275.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/no_silver_bullets_for_you_or_your_business.html The accidental and essential complexities addressed by Fred Brooks in No Silver Bullet apply to businesses as much as they apply to building software. This essay examines the similarities between writing software and governing a business. opinion Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:09:52 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/64192.html markturansky 2008-01-31T14:09:52Z The accidental and essential complexities addressed by Fred Brooks in No Silver Bullet apply to businesses as much as they apply to building software. This essay examines the similarities between writing software and governing a business.]]> 64192 2008-01-31T14:09:52Z 2 0 14 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/64192.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_perils_of_joel_spolsky.html Joel bemoans the "perils of Java schools" in another recent article, but I think passion, ingenuity, and creativity drive the best of us, regardless of pedigree and schooling. java opinion Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:44:43 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/63929.html markturansky 2008-01-30T20:44:43Z Joel bemoans the "perils of Java schools" in another recent article, but I think passion, ingenuity, and creativity drive the best of us, regardless of pedigree and schooling.]]> 63929 2008-01-30T05:09:57Z 2008-01-30T20:44:43Z 14 0 666 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/63929.jpg markturansky http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/270288.gif