Some 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 […]
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From 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 […]
More DetailsLocal Indices on Partitioned Tables
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 […]
More DetailsJava: Performance issues with FileInputStream
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 DetailsHadoop Client in WildFly – A Difficult Marriage
(This article was triggered by a question “Hadoop Jersey conflicts with Wildfly resteasy” on StackOverflow, because I hit the same wall…) For a current project, I evaluate the […]
More DetailsSoftware Engineering and the 4 Causes of Aristotle
I stumbled on the principle of the 4 causes of Aristotle some years ago when I did some reading about cause and effect, leadership and management. The question […]
More Details5S Methodology and Software Development
The 5s methodology is used to keep the working environment clean, ordered and efficient. I came across this methodology when I was working in a production area for […]
More DetailsThe Seven Muda (Wastes) and Software Engineering
I was introduced into the term Muda (waste) when I was working for a semiconductor fab. I learned that there a seven of them and that a close […]
More DetailsThoughts on the Agile Manifesto
From time to time, I discuss the agile methodology with clients and friends. The Agile Manifesto was published at http://agilemanifesto.org about 12 years ago. It was debated a […]
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