In this post I'll write a quite detailed summary of the differences between Java and C# that I've experienced at my current job. Before I switched jobs in August 2018, I had been working with C#, Ruby and other programming languages for the last 15 years; Java was pretty much out of the picture for me.
Read more |Many of us have been using GNU GDB for debugging to some extent, but at least for me personally, I know that there is a lot more to learn about how to use it effectively. In this blog post I go through something I call tracepoints and why they can be invaluable in debugging complex problems.
Read more |Back in the days, compiling the Linux kernel was a rough (but still remotely useful) measure of the performance of a machine. How long does it take to compile a modern Linux kernel on a modern piece of hardware? Let's find out!
Read more |I wish I wouldn't have to write this, but: nVidia graphics cards seem to be a horrible choice for Linux desktops these days. Maybe it's always been like that, but the issues unfortunately still remain to a certain degree.
Read more |Again, we were runnning into a JRuby memory leak that I had to investigate, since it was affecting a customer environment in a bad way.
Read more |Node.js is an interesting platform for running JavaScript in the server-side of your web applications, with a significant amount of growth in the last years. In this blog post I'll share some of my initial feelings about using it with Express.js
Read more |Trying to get Puma working on JRuby with SSL/TLS (i.e. https) suport has turned out to be a bit challenging; this is honestly a blog post I would rather not have had to write. Why are things so complex sometimes?
Read more |Because of a problem in a customer environment noticed recently, it's once more time to put on the "memory leak debugging hat". Join me and we'll see where the adventure takes us this time!
Read more |Functional programming can be a really pleasant way to program the machine, since it encourages a very good way of thinking when it comes to code; a thinking that generalizes problems and helps to make the code you are working on more reusable and more easily testable (less focus on side effects, more focus on returning a new result based on an input.)
Read more |Alright, I think it's about time to now to once and for all solve the problem with the boot server being unable to read the startup script from the file system. This has been broken for a while and I now intend to solve this bug.
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