Learn by Errors : Java + OSGi

Recently I worked on getting Apache Hive work inside an OSGi environment. While not proving to be a proverbial piece of cake (software right?.. Why am I not surprised? ), it led me through an assortment of Java and OSGi errors. Here I am listing some of them that bit me bit hard (no pun [...]

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Monitoring : Making sense of the buzz word jungle

Nowadays we are constantly reminded of the virtues of being proactive or more colloquially put “Being one step ahead of the game” when it comes to handling our businesses whether it be a SME or a multi-national cooperation. Quickly detecting or in some cases even predicting, trends in activities originating within and outside the organization [...]

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So you are a programmer..

Been there. Done that. And suffered for that… Programming is fun. But there are some other associated stuff we programmers blissfully skip or procrastinate because they are not so cool. End result?… Somebody is going to get hurt at the end of the day and that somebody may very well be a ourselves. So here [...]

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