A few things that I would like to see in Docker
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve rather taken a liking to Docker. However, there are a few things that I wish that were better.
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Over a decade of progressive professional software development experience in conjunction with more than two decades as a hobbyist developer has pushed me to reduce the burden of support and cost of delivery by writing highly-maintainable software of the highest caliber.
This blog is intended to be a personal collection of experiences/rants, journaling to tech related, things and other things that may be appropriate to share in a blog.
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Educators/Corporate Trainers: Hire professional evaluators
I realized something. When I did my first public facing presentation in front of a Java User’s Group, I didn’t do as well as I thought I would. I’ve done numerous talks for class, and work things before. Those weren’t a huge concern. Instead of attempting to scour all of... [Read More] -
Project: Music Organization System
Before ITunes and online music stores/streaming-options came arround, you had to build up a digital music collection if you wanted to load an MP3 player with it. I always prefered this option. This meant that I could manage my own collection, and that I wasn’t fixed to a service that... [Read More] -
I really like Docker
Two years ago I wrote an article about my disdain about the popularity of creating virtual machines to host applications. I was discouraged with the attitude of creating images that weren’t easy to rebuild, and felt that it encouraged bad practices around application setup and maintenance. I also felt that... [Read More] -
Video Posted: "I didn't know that about Groovy!" (Chicago JUG 3 June)
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My Second Chicago Java User's Group: I didn't know you could do that with Groovy!
Previously I blogged about my first experience in doing a brief tech talk in front of my local Java User’s Group. I recall that I was incredibly nervous and ill prepared. Well, I took the feedback from the talk, prepared better for this talk and came ready to give my... [Read More] -
The Scalafication of Java Libraries
Scala is an interesting language - it’s JVM based and compiled down to its Java equivalent. This gives it the ability to work directly with Java libraries. As it currently stands, there are quite a few libraries that are available under the Scala platform, but using the Java based libraries can be less than... [Read More]