Coding matters: What the real hacker looks like
Jacqui Coosner
2023-06-15
Jacqui shares some recent revelations about what real hackers look like. It’s not what you expect.
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Walking a File Tree in Java
Lewis Coosner
2023-06-13
Lewis looks at how to walk a file tree in Java with the walkFileTree() method and the FileVIsitor interface.
Coding matters: POPIA and PAIA for your car
Jacqui Coosner
2023-06-08
Here’s a quick recap on those abbreviations: POPIA: Protection of Personal Information Act. That’s the law that protects your right to privacy – like GDPR in Europe. PAIA: Public Access to Information Act. This law aims to create transparency and accountability in public and private bodies. Yet another data breach
Coding matters: The even more mythical man-month
Jacqui Coosner
2023-06-01
Project managers in the software industry should be familiar with the concept of the “mythical man-month”. Or what we should now call the person-month. Jacqui looks at an even more mythical version of it, courtesy of ChatGPT.
Memory Leaks in Java – Part 7
Lewis Coosner
2023-05-30
In the final part of this series on memory leaks in Java, Lewis takes a look at the JDK Flight Recorder and JDK Mission Control tools. Together these create a complete tool chain to continuously collect detailed runtime information.
Coding matters: Your cyborg rights
Jacqui Coosner
2023-05-25
The frenzy about AI and ChatGPT makes me wonder how long until more fiction becomes reality. Androids and cyborgs have been part of stories and movies for decades. The traditional definition is that androids are robots that look and act like humans. Cyborgs are humans augmented with machine or computer
Memory Leaks in Java – Part 6
Lewis Coosner
2023-05-24
Now that you know about some of the causes of memory leaks in your Java program, Lewis takes a quick look at profilers and other tools that can help you, in particular VisualVM and JConsole.
Coding matters: Between outdated and bleeding edge
Jacqui Coosner
2023-05-18
The fashion industry isn’t the only industry where it is hard to keep up with trends. Sometimes technology leaves us confused: stuck somewhere between outdated and bleeding edge. Is this new tech just another bright shiny object? Or are we already late to the party? The bleeding edge The Miriam-Webster
Memory Leaks in Java – Part 5
Lewis Coosner
2023-05-17
Lewis looks at how you can use the verbose output from the garbage collector to find memory leaks in your Java program.
Memory Leaks in Java – Part 4
Lewis Coosner
2023-05-08
In part 4 of this series on memory leaks in Java, Lewis looks at how incorrect or missing equals() and hashCode() methods can cause memory leaks.