Jenkins Environment with Containers
This blob post is about a special setup of Jenkins for multiple projects with different technology stacks, different environments, and other specialties. It helps to minimize resource usage, […]
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Podman and Buildah for Containers
As Docker is struggling because of security concerns and the debate about whether the Docker daemon is needed or not (what in my opinion is in most cases […]
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Explains how to setup Sonatype’s Nexus repository server as openSUSE download proxy to save network bandwidth.
More DetailsSome Thoughts about Big Data
“Big Data” gets more and more attention in general and very specific in software development. But, there are some misunderstandings and also some misinterpretations. The first point of […]
More DetailsFrom Virtualization to Big Data: A Change of Paradigm
I had some discussions lately with people about Virtualization and Big Data in regard to I/O performance. After years of work to bring servers into a virtual environment […]
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I wrote an article lately about a simple model to understand indices in databases. It may help to read the other article first. In a data processing […]
More DetailsSimple Model for Understanding Database Indices
I had a lot of discussions in the past about databases and indices. The type of the database is not important, as the general design of indices are […]
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During the studies of database design with the accompanying toy project DuctileDB, I found some disturbing performance issues. During the implementation of a needed log structured storage, […]
More DetailsThoughts on the Different Kinds of Test
General Remarks Testing shall assure the quality of a product and that development does not break the already implemented functionality. The quality is defined in ISO 9126 for […]
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In C++ and other programming languages, constructors are paired with destructors. These help to close file handles, database connections and the like in case the object is destroyed. […]
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