Category: tech
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Experience using Scala as a functional testing language
6 months ago my team decided to migrate our functional tests to being coded in Scala rather than Java, the native language our application is written in. However we have now reverted back to writing them in plain Java. What follows is an experience report of this exercise and our reasons for bringing it to an end.
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The death of agile
First go and read this great post by Bill Caputo. Bill's site doesn't seem to allow comments right now so I'll put my response here instead.
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Retlang & Jetlang
Retlang and Jetlang are open-source libraries for the .NET CLR and JVM that provide concurrency through in-process messaging. Mike Rettig, one of my colleagues at DRW, is the lead of both of these projects.
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2008 Gadgets Review - #4 - Twitter
Strictly speaking I signed on to Twitter in 2007 but never used it very much. I didn't find a way to read it that I liked, and there wasn't that much I found interesting to read.
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eXtreme Tuesday Club NYC starts up again this week
After a hiatus for a few months, I'm kicking off XTC NYC again this week, on inauguration night. Details on the website.
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2008 Gadgets Review - #3 - Dots gloves
This one wasn't going to get a mention originally, but after how cold it is here in NYC this morning I changed my mind. -
2008 Gadgets Review - #2 - Logitech Harmony 880 Universal Remote Control
For part 2 of my 2008 gadget round-up I'm going to talk about Logitech's Harmony 880 universal remote control.
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2008 Gadgets Review - #1 - Mobile Me
2008 was a good year for gadgets for me. It was probably something to do with making up for not coding for most of it. I'm including in gadgets software and services nothing to do with computer programming.
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Joining DRW, going re-technical
This week I've started working for DRW Trading Group. They have an extraordinary team, including a whole bunch of people I worked with or know through ThoughtWorks.
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Ad-supported public Wi-Fi
Short entry this one, but something cool I came across recently.