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theotown

263 karma · joined December 11, 2013

Tech markitect, wordsmith, music fan & trying Crossfit. Head of RebelLabs, a ZeroTurnaround think tank. Co-organizer of Virtual JUG (vJUG).
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theotown··on Elon Musk is worried that AI research could produce a real-life Terminator
I am too!
theotown··on Software development advice inspired by chess
I just heard that if you sit on your hands, then you are less likely to make rash moves in chess. I suppose the same cannot be said for coding...
theotown··on WHY DON'T I SEE ANYTHING ABOUT HACKING/DEVELOPMENT IN HERE?
Hahaha! Yeah, it could look like DZone lately - "I see dead people...and jQuery and JS frameworks"
theotown··on WHY DON'T I SEE ANYTHING ABOUT HACKING/DEVELOPMENT IN HERE?
Hahaha, will do my best!
theotown··on Java tools and technologieslandscape for 2014
Hi, Oliver here (the report's author). Actually, we specifically stayed away from contacting JRebel users simply to avoid any additional bias. Our charity approach (each completed survey donated to a charity that brings video games to kids in hospitals) that we didn't need to promote it as heavily to our own contact. We spread the word successfully through contacting RebelLabs subscribers, VirtualJUG and London Java Community (LJC) members and individuals in the industry. That said, there are certainly some JRebel users in there, although we didn't ask specifically.
theotown··on StarNet launches 1Gbps Internet in Moldova for ~30$/month
The most advanced countries over the last 20 years have worse internet speeds and policies than financially distress nations without many resources. Irony at work?
theotown··on Plant Breeders Release First 'Open Source Seeds'
Monsanto will cross-breed these immediately, right? :-D
theotown··on UX Developers Aren't a Thing
So true. But they should be. One of the camps will have to cross sides--either designers learn how to code in half a dozen languages (unlikely) developers learn to appreciate beauty, layout, design and other UX elements that matter (likely). So, pick one! :-D
theotown··on How to ‘EZ bake’ your own lambdas in Java 8 with ASM and JiteScript
JiteScript is a cool add-on to ASM for cutting down some lines of code for your bytecode shenanigans.
theotown··on Conquering job hell and multiple app branches using Jenkins and Mercurial
This is Jenkins Job Hell, not hating your actual job. But wait, you're coders! You love your jobs, right?
theotown··on I'm a high school student in SF for 2 days, can I visit your startup?
I'd recommend Twitter and Atlassian HQs if you can swing it.
theotown··on Harvard discovers three of its library books are bound in human flesh
Haha, WAT?!!
theotown··on OOD principles and the 5 elements of SOLID apps
This goes all the way back to Uncle Bob Martin!
theotown··on Advice for dealing with "tab Hell" in your browser.
Thanks, will check this out. But it's kinda like taking the antidote from the poisoner :-D
theotown··on Advice for dealing with "tab Hell" in your browser.
Yep, definitely using keyboard shortcuts almost exclusively. My problem is simply having too many open tabs that "I need".
theotown··on Go Home Marketing, You Are Drunk.
Would like to have seen this delivered in person, is there is video version available?
theotown··on Typeform Makes Web Forms Interesting Again
These guys do it really well. I recommend them--looks awesome on mobile too! We made this one, just so you can see: https://rebellabs.typeform.com/to/BTGaVf
theotown··on Monadic futures in Java 8
a good overview about using monads in Java 8, even non-techs can get an understanding.
theotown··on 5 Reasons Why WordPress would benefit from a plugin
Wordpress was recently described by a developer in my company as "it just feels so annoying, like running through the forest". Although, it's still better than many...
theotown··on Java applets: Time to ditch them
I'll rephrase it (but it's more than 80 chars): "If you haven't already ditched Java applets, you should have" ;-)
theotown··on Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough
Increased visibility. That's why people post things here right? ;-)
theotown··on Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough
Huh--why would newbies get the added benefits?
theotown··on Heisenbug
Hahaha, excellent reference to the guy who is referenced in Breaking Bad.
theotown··on Why your organization hates DevOps and won’t implement it this year (again)
Even though there is tons of evidence suggesting that DevOps is clearly advantageous over the traditional approach to releases, it seems like organization just like to say they'll implement DevOps "next year"...
theotown··on Will they blend? How to use Spring with JSF for resource bundling
It's cool that you can combine the strengths of different frameworks in Java and get the benefits of both worlds!
theotown··on Smarter log handling, the case for opportunistic logging
Haha, first pull request activated! https://github.com/shelajev/opportunistic-logger/pull/1
theotown··on Business Guy: Why Engineers Don’t Like MBAs Looking For Tech Cofounders
Totally fair point--I'm looking into Python for similar reasons...what would a business guy know about Java syntax anyway? ;-)
theotown··on Taming the Beast of Garbage Collection Flag Doom
Good article--major problem for dev environments!