W. Brian GourlieCross-platform development on Windows is suddenly awesomeAnyone who’s done cross-platform development on Windows knows that getting things to compile can be a huge pain in the ass. Sometimes it’s…Nov 7, 20167Nov 7, 20167
W. Brian GourlieJava’s Optional: The Do’s and Don’tsThis is a follow up to a previous article I wrote, Java’s new Optional type is worthless. If you want to skip my ranting and get straight…Nov 4, 20151Nov 4, 20151
W. Brian GourlieJava 8’s new Optional type is worthlessWhen Java 8 was released, I was excited to see the new Optional type. The null reference is a common source of errors in most languages…Oct 21, 201511Oct 21, 201511