Tag Archives: architecture
Unnecessary complexity
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” – Einstein Software development is hard. That’s a fact. … Continue reading
Integration of a high velocity streaming system with batch oriented, slower downstream systems
Background Over the last two years, I have been involved in transforming a complex legacy processing system that gave rise to a unique solution that may be used in other contexts. Before continuing, it is important to note that the … Continue reading
Continuous Delivery – the missing piece of the puzzle
Over the last couple of years we have been reading a lot about Continuous Delivery (CD). A fantastic concept that can really propel organisations forwards by enabling fast, incremental value add to products. There are a number of different concepts … Continue reading
Interview in Baseline Mag about Shopzilla’s use of VoltDB
I was interviewed recently and the article just got published: http://www.baselinemag.com/analytics-big-data/shopzilla-is-sold-on-big-data.html
Presentation on Behaviour Driven Development available
Here is the presentation I gave to the Los Angeles Java User Group about BDD and its application using Cucumber in the following contexts: testing REST APIs, testing web sites (integration with Selenium) and testing Hadoop / Hive. The slides … Continue reading
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