Software Development

The Pairing Diaries: Week 1

Four weeks. One tour.

The Simplest Design

The definition of the best design is the simplest design that runs all the test cases.

-Kent Beck

A Primer to XP

It is about finding our adult place in the larger world, finding our place in the community including the realm of business/work. It…

Java HTTP Server: Thoughts & Takeaways

High Availability

“The System Will Be Available 99.9% of the Time,” Said No One Ever.

A service-level agreement (SLA) is a contract between a provider or contractor and a client.

Apocalyptic Tech

I find solace in the fact that software development is not a matter of life and death.

The Observer Pattern

Good design strives for loosely-coupled designs between objects that interact. The rule of thumb is that they should be…

So Many Options, So Little Nulls and Nils

One of the wonderful things about working with a new language is being introduced to a new framework or concept.

With Scala, I had the opportunity to learn about optional values, which was a bit of a doozy at first. An option is a…