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Software development notes

Field notes on building software well: domain-driven design, clean code, functional thinking, and the habits that compound over a career.

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2023

Sep
Scrum Introduction & Workflow for Software Developers
scrum · management

2022

Jul
Crash course on Domain-Driven Design
domain driven design · software development
May
Work habits and systems for new developers
software development · tips · teamwork · remote work
May
Tips for new developers to get productive fast
api · software development · tips · clean code
May
Technical tips for new developers - clean code and design
api · software development · tips · clean code

2021

Aug
Quick and Practical Introduction to RESTful APIs
api · restful · software development · data engineering
Jun
Creating custom SQL UDFs on Spark (Hive) and Databricks with Gradle and Java
spark · sql · gradle · databricks · spark sql · hive

2020

Aug
Functional Programming for Data Scientists
functional programming · software development · data engineering
Jun
Underappreciated Superpower: a look into useful software tests
testing · program design
May
External GPU: M2 vs Thunderbolt for Deep Learning and Gaming
egpu · gpu · rtx2080ti · cuda · deep learning
Apr
Functional Object Oriented Programming
software · programming · immutable · oop · object oriented programming
Feb
How my software development has changed in the last 10 years
software · programming · devops · cloud
Jan
How software development has changed in the last 10 years
software · programming · devops · cloud

2014

Mar
Apache Mahout Cookbook Review
mahout · review · apache · book

2013

Sep
Network backed data structures
data structures · network · software design · design patterns · oop
Aug
Introduce clock concept in your code
unit tests · test driven development · software craftmanship · design · testing
Aug
Transactional Scripts (aka Services) and Domain Model
software design · software craftmanship · domain driven design
Jun
Handling parameter validation
design · validation · object oriented programming
Jun
What is Domain Driven Design about?
java · software design · project management · domain driven design · oop
Jun
Building Play Framework applications using drone.io
java · drone.io · play framework · continuous integration
May
Turning off scriptlet support in JSP
java · JSP · templates
Apr
Writing maintainable tests - basics
unit tests · test driven development · tdd · testing · junit
Mar
Use of EventBus in Domain Model
event bus · software design · domain driven design

2012

Dec
Object Oriented Programming, part 2 - Communication
java · design · object oriented programming · oop
Dec
Object Oriented Programming, part 1 - Scope
java · design · object oriented programming · oop
Sep
Tips for tasks on Codility
java · algorithms · test · codility
Sep
Why do I use Java
ruby · java · tools · compilation · security · php · aop · jit