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James Sugrue05/23/13
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Thursday Code Puzzler: Compute Squares

Today's challenge is to write a method that can compute square of a number using a reduced instruction set.

Mitch Pronschinske05/22/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (May 23)

It's time to make Java debugging suck less, and it's also time to start pronouncing "GIF" "jif". Plus, some crucial employability tips and the real difference between "web" and "enterprise" developers.

Ian Mitchell05/23/13
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Sprint Reviews in Practice

Do you know what a Sprint Review is for, and how it differs from a Retrospective? In this article we look at what a Sprint Review is meant to be, why it is important, how it differs from a Retrospective, and what you can do to make sure one actually happens.

Esther Derby 05/23/13
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The Appreciation Gap

A simple thank you can make a difference; appreciation builds good will, and reminds people that they are valued as human beings, not just as CPUs (Code Producing Units) or FTEs (Full Time Equivalents).

Olga Kouzina05/23/13
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Cognitive Endurance Basics for Software Developers

A Triathlon requires diverse skills, you not only have to run, but to swim and to bike, and, as we know, good software developers need diverse skills, too. By the way, quite a few IT guys I know, they do triathlon as a hobby, so there really must be something to it.

Rob Williams05/23/13
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Google I/O Keynote: The There There

Wow, who are all those journalists who‘ve accused Apple of flimflammery and carnival barker trickery in their public shows? Did any of them attend Goolge I/O?

Mark O'neill05/23/13
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Identity is the New Perimeter

It was Bill Gates who said that security should be based on "policy, not topology". It's a phrase which always stuck with me. Rather than basing security on where something is, you use a policy which is independent of the network.

Dan Dyer05/23/13
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Google Skynet

"Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it." - Eric Schmidt. This was two and a half years ago. Today Google is so far over the creepy line it can’t even see the line any more.

Eric Gregory05/23/13
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Continuous Delivery and Long-Term Requirements

In this talk, Paul Gerrard discusses continuous delivery, particularly as it pertains to long-term requirements. Testing up front, he says, helps to deliver "front-door quality, not back-door quality."

David Pollak05/23/13
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Project Plugh: Open Source Log Analysis

I'm building an open source log manage/analysis tool that will offer folks what Splunk offers folks, except it's open.

Steven Willmott05/23/13
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API Economics: Create More Value than you Capture

When building an API, you want to create a lot of value for your users obviously, but you should also not try to capture all of that value. You should create more than enough.

Sam Lee05/23/13
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What if Enterprise IT Built Race Cars?

How a race car would turn out if it were developed by the equivalent of an Enterprise IT department (without DevOps).

Eric Gregory05/23/13
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Building Human Fault-Tolerant Systems

In this really excellent talk from Strata 2013, Twitter's Nathan Marz walks through the challenges and serious rewards of building systems that are resilient even in the face of human error...

Max Katz05/23/13
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Exposing Enterprise Services via REST APIs

With RESTXpress enterprises can easily expose databases and business applications securely via REST. Once exposed as REST services, they can easily be integrated into Appery.io apps.

adam bien05/23/13
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Java EE 7 and JAX-RS 2.0

Java EE 7 with JAX-RS 2.0 brings several useful features, which further simplify development and lead to the creation of even more-sophisticated, but lean, Java SE/EE RESTful applications.