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{ Monthly Archives } January 2009

Linode.com – Xen VPS Hosting

Linode.com – Xen VPS Hosting.
I might look into them for my 2009 goals, which happens to be centralize and distribute all my code hosting and things of that nature. Plus I want to do more with my blog and maintain a portfolio of things I’ve worked on so it might be the time to [...]

An example of unhelpful comments

// coded in case quantities is not 1.
int quantity;
try {
quantity = Integer.parseInt( someMethod.getQuantity() );
} catch ( Exception ex ){
//if any exception, always sets it to 1.
quantity = 1;
}
Yes, quantity = 1 does indeed set that variable to 1, that [...]

Proposal for log4j output style

I figure this is a good one because most of the code makes me want to shoot myself in the head. Ignore the escaped quotes for now.

logger.info(” , [...]

Java web developer interview question, do you think this is fair?

I’ve given a number of interviews over my career and I’ve evolved the way I interview people. I’ve found that presenting people with real word problems and asking how they would approach it and what a possible solution would be is a great way test candidates chops. Remembering a bunch of APIs and methods isn’t [...]

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Daily Digest for 2009-01-10

4:39pm

Obtained 2 achievements [...]

Daily Digest for 2009-01-10

2:33am

Obtained an achievement [...]

Daily Digest for 2009-01-09

3:04am

Updated status on [...]

Daily Digest for 2009-01-09

10:04pm

Updated status on [...]

Daily Digest for 2009-01-08

9:55am

Found 2 interesting [...]

When writing documentation or wikis, remember new won’t always be new

I love finding documentation or wiki entries from a year ago with a title of something like “New CVS Commit Template” or “New Build Process”. You have to keep in mind that you’re writing this documentation to be persisted, it usually sticks around longer than a month. So instead of looking like a short sighted [...]