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Introduction to Java Profiling
Jerry Yoakum discusses how code profiling tools and techniques can be used to evaluate code for constructions and errors that are likely to cause problems, highlight places in need of refactoring.
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Evolving Projects to Concurrency with Wrangler
Simon Thompson shows how Wrangler can help with making systems run on multi-core hardware, including three Wrangler refactoring techniques for retrofitting concurrency to Erlang applications.
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Design vs. Data: Enemies or Friends?
Big Design Upfront was considered so evil in the early days of Agile that it acquired its own acronym. It’s time we relearned that great products start with asking the right questions.
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Developing Functional Domain Models with Event Sourcing
Chris Richardson describes how to implement business logic using a domain model that is based on event sourcing. He compares and contrasts a hybrid OO/FP design with a purely functional approach.
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Engineering for Scale at VMTurbo
Sylvia Isler presents a microservices case study and lessons learnt - how VMTurbo took the plunge to evolve its monolithic system architecture into a system based on composable microservices.
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The Dos and Don'ts of Multithreading
Hubert Matthews describes some of the problems encountered in multithreading and discusses how to avoid them through appropriate design choices.
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Microservices or SOLID Services?
Ondrej Krajicek discusses how basic techniques - SOLID principles, Design by Contract - and certain metrics can be used in architecting microservices, and the benefits resulting from using them.
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Rapid Product Design in the Wild
Michele Ide-Smith discusses the benefits and pitfalls of doing live design in front of potential customers and competitors, and challenges faced using Lean UX within a centuries-old institution.
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Design: A Tricky Business
Hannah Tometzki shares advice from experience on going through the hurdles of project design - customers dragging their feet, rekindling waning enthusiasm and handling distractions.
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The Art of Protocol Design
Pieter Hintjens presents a decade of research and practice in designing protocols using cheap experimentation, exploring of new avenues, and smooth accumulation of gradual change, driven by real use.
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From How to Design to What to Design
Jean Louis Frechin discusses NeoObjects, a set of services, experiences, forms and practices which are meant to help evolve design and widen its scope of intervention.
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What Developers Need To Know About Visual Design and UX
Ben Hall explores the five key topics around design that can make or break an application and website: Layout and the golden ratio, Typography, Imaginary, Colors and User Feedback.