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Daily Dose - NoSQLs Join Forces

NoSQL backers Membase and CouchOne just announced that they are merging to create Couchbase, Inc.  Combining the caching and clustering technology of Membase,...

0 replies - 20745 views - 02/09/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Strategies Against Architecture & Interactions Over Processes and Tools

Building an effective, elegant, and enduring architecture requires a strong vision and smart people who can implement it.  The interaction between developers...

0 replies - 6691 views - 02/08/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Daily Dose - Seam 3 Goes Beta

JBoss' grand, all-encompassing Java development framework is nearly finished.  This weekend, the 3.0 version reached Beta 1 status.  It is the first release...

0 replies - 31453 views - 01/31/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Azure open day presentations

 Yesterday Alon Fliess and myself gave an open day @ Microsoft Israel on Azure cloud. Alon opened with an introduction to Azure Cloud and the bits and...

0 replies - 3303 views - 01/25/11 by Arnon Rotem-gal-oz in News

The cloud - was there before. What's different?

Cloud technologies are now everywhere. Companies that offer cloud services are considered innovative and providing revolutionary new services. But is the cloud...

0 replies - 5553 views - 01/11/11 by Den Delimarsky in Articles

Daily Dose - Cassandra 0.7 Complete

A new version of Apache Cassandra is available today.  New features include large row support (up to two billion columns per row), secondary indexes, and...

0 replies - 17990 views - 01/11/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Database.com - A Cloud DB for Any Dev or Platform

Salesforce announced a new kind of database for the cloud today.  Database.com services will be sold on a subscription basis, unlike competing Oracle...

0 replies - 12366 views - 12/07/10 by Alex Crafts in News

Daily Dose - Red Hat Acquires Makara

With their Apache-licensed DeltaCloud project and now with today's acquisition of a Cloud tech startup called Makara, RedHat is building a broad foundation for...

0 replies - 21454 views - 12/01/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Maintainability, Code Size & Code Complexity

The most maintainable codebase that I worked with grew at a rate of about ~10 KLoC per month, every month. There wasn’t a large team there, it ranged fro...

3 replies - 7794 views - 11/26/10 by Ayende Rahien in News

“Pushbutton” Deployment of Windows/.NET Apps - Videos and Resources

rPath extends its Linux release automation strength to Windows applicationsDeploying .NET and other Windows Applications is complex, time-consuming and...

0 replies - 4580 views - 11/10/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Announcements

A Really Bad Idea -- Adding Clutter to A Language

A DBA suggested that I read up on "Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect". Apparently the DBA had read the phrase...

2 replies - 8721 views - 10/13/10 by Steven Lott in News

Daily Dose - GWT 2.1 RC1 Adds 2.2 Features

Developers are getting GWT (Google Web Toolkit) features that were originally planned for version 2.2 by downloading the 2.1 RC1 version, which was just...

0 replies - 23895 views - 10/12/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Why Professional Certification Might Be Good

Sometimes I think we need professional certification in this industry. I supported the ICCP for a long time. In addition to certification, which requires...

1 replies - 2149 views - 09/29/10 by Steven Lott in News

Maintainability, Code Size & Code Complexity

The most maintainable codebase that I worked with grew at a rate of about ~10 KLoC per month, every month. There wasn’t a large team there, it ranged fro...

4 replies - 7199 views - 09/10/10 by Ayende Rahien in News

Application databases and external integration points

Dave has an interesting requirements in his project: We're not in control of where the data is located, how it's stored and in what configuration. In...

1 replies - 4113 views - 08/26/10 by Ayende Rahien in News