Over the weekend I had some planned maintenance to YackTrack. If you read that post, you noticed that I had problems and updated the post a few times. I had a very detailed plan of what I needed to do, which I followed to the letter. However, regardless of how much testing I did, the… Read More What Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong
Image via Wikipedia Obviously, the US financial crisis is on a lot of people’s mind. Given the downturn in real estate and the financial sector, investments are taking a beating. Of course, if you are an investor and have listened to practical investment advice, you have diversified your portfolio. If you have diversified, your investments… Read More What Can Developers Learn From the Financial Crisis?
Security in web applications always seems to be an addition that the engineers will “get to later”. Sure they all have a secure login and password, but something like OpenID or a way to integrate with third party applications definitely comes in the later stages. This was evident with popular microblogging site Twitter. However, we… Read More Web Application Integration With OAuth
By now you may have heard that Tweeterboard has shut down their service. The reasoning from Gene Smith was: I realized that I no longer have the time, energy, interest or technical abilities to maintain it. So I’m shutting it down. As the developer of YackTrack, I understand the difficulties of developing on top of… Read More Is Tweeterboard the first of many?
Image by Lukadium via Flickr You know someone is going to compare the two APIs from Mixx and Digg. I figured I should give it a try as a complete Mixx zealot 🙂 I have used both APIs recently so I have applicable experience in the matter as well. The development of YackTrack did not… Read More Social News API Wars: Mixx vs. Digg
So we finally found out that Google was not opening up the use of BigTable. Instead, they decide to launch a competitor to Amazon’s suite of services. The question now is, does Google app engine rev your engine? As a certified geek, I have a few issues with the Google offering some of which can… Read More Does Google App Engine Rev Your Engine?
As a software engineer, this question comes up fairly often “Should you specialize in a technology”. Right now the question is there because the large number of Java developers are wondering whether they should learn Ruby or Groovy. For those asking the Ruby or Groovy question, yes learn one of them. Learning is always important,… Read More Should You Specialize in a Technology?
There was an interesting article on ReadWriteWeb on Monday 3/3 regarding whether developer APIs are a good idea. Given that APIs are “all the rage”, I found it to be an interesting topic. The article also has some very good observations: Offering an API is a great way to make developer friends and developing for… Read More Are APIs a good thing?
If you write code for a living, then the “Which framework do I use?” question arises fairly often. I have been slinging code for over 13 years and it seems like I need to answer this question every month. The real question we should all be asking ourselves is “Do I need a framework?” If… Read More 10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Framework
As a java developer, I am always trying to get someone else to do little jobs for me. Could someone get me a build of the project? Could someone figure out what libraries we are dependent on, and are we using a compatible version? You get the picture. I don’t want to talk specifically about… Read More Top 10 tools for java development
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