Microservices and the Scale Cube
Lewis Coosner
2023-07-26
A look at microservices and the scale cube. The scale cube is a model to visualise scaling applications by segmenting and defining microservices.
Coding Matters
Coding matters: The qualification quandary
Jacqui Coosner
2023-07-20
In 2019 I heard a talk by a professor from Wits University. His key point was that university degrees are losing their importance in many professions. This is old news Fast forward four years. An article on ITWeb this week claims SA university degrees are unsustainable. (It also notes that
Cyclomatic Complexity
Lewis Coosner
2023-07-19
Cyclomatic Complexity (CC) is one of the metrics we can use to measure code complexity. Lewis looks at how it is calculated and what it means for programmers.
Coding matters: Sinkholes ahead?
Jacqui Coosner
2023-07-13
Are our travels on the internet about to become bumpier? Will AI be a sinkhole or a bridge when we search for information? There are some scary predictions, but one reason to be optimistic is that humans are resilient.
Java Assertions
Lewis Coosner
2023-07-11
Java assertions are a useful feature of the language. An assertion is a statement that lets us test any assumptions that we have about our code. The Java assert statement helps to reduce buggy code.
Coding matters: Effort is required
Jacqui Coosner
2023-07-06
July is the month that tempts me most to do less. It’s hard to get up when it’s dark. It’s hard to summon energy when it’s cold. A blanket, my Kindle and hot chocolate are so much more appealing than my desk. But to paraphrase Theodore Roosevelt: anything worth having
Walking a File Tree in Java – Part 3
Lewis Coosner
2023-07-05
Lewis experiments with using AI to write a file walker in Java, with some more elaborate stream processing.
Coding matters: Are the monkeys real?
Jacqui Coosner
2023-06-29
I was alone in a doctor’s consulting room yesterday, waiting for my appointment. A chatty member of the staff came to show me a photo on her cell phone. She was wondering if the photo was real, or manufactured. It was a photo of the monkey orchid: a plant whose
Walking a File Tree in Java – Part 2
Lewis Coosner
2023-06-28
Lewis takes a look at how to use a stream-based approach to walking a file tree.
Coding matters: Death by Excel
Jacqui Coosner
2023-06-22
Jacqui looks at the risks of spreadsheets and some horror stories. It’s time that spreadsheets are tested and reviewed like code. And it’s time for spreadsheet standards, like coding standards.