Tag Archives: Java
Drastically reducing GC pause times for YQL
Update 2: JRockit Real Time 3.1.2 using -XgcPrio:deterministic performed even better than this configuration in testing though it is not yet an approved VM at Yahoo! we will continue to test with it. Update: One issue we still have is … Continue reading
Using JAX-RS with Protocol Buffers for high-performance REST APIs
One of the great things about the JAX-RS specification is that it is very extensible and adding new providers for different mime-types is very easy. One of the interesting binary protocols out there is Google Protocol Buffers. They are designed … Continue reading
Using JAX-RS (Jersey) to build a JPA/JAXB-backed JSON REST API
I’ve been looking for a while though to find that perfect combination of frameworks and libraries that would give me the expressive power that I want for building web applications — now I think I’ve found it. Continue reading
Yahoo! BOSS is easy — meet Yuil
Updated Yet Again: Relaunched as 4hoursearch including the source code. See this blog entry. Updated Again: Yuil is dead. However, you can always get the same great search results here. Updated: Using Glue I was able to add some simple … Continue reading
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Tagged 4hoursearch, boss, cuil, google, Java, search, yahoo, yui, yuil
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Better Javadoc results using SearchMonkey
When you are searching for things like java.util.HashMap one of the issues that you run into is that it will give you the result with the highest rank which more often than not is the 1.4.2 version of the documentation. … Continue reading
Idiomatic Python?
I’ve been working my way through compiling Java into Python code but the Python back end of my isn’t that good (my brain). I would call my stage of Python development the “magic incantation” stage. This is the stage where … Continue reading
Using Google App Engine to Extend Yahoo! Pipes
Update: A commenter pointed out that you can from django.utils import simplejson instead of including it. Makes this even easier. Yahoo! Pipes has always been a great tool for manipulating data but often you have to go to great contortions … Continue reading
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Tagged google, google app engine, googleappengine, Java, json, pipes, python, web service, yahoo, yahoo pipes
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JPA 2.0 with Criteria
(see: JSR 317 Persistently Improving) I love the idea of adding a criteria API to JPA, the only thing I hope that they do differently than Hibernate is to implement that API in addition to string queries. In Gauntlet we had … Continue reading
Posted in Java, Technology, gauntlet
Tagged criteria, EJB-QL, hibernate, Java, jpa, orm
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Macworld 2008 predictions
UPDATE 1/13/08: This looks like confirmation of a new ultralight portable with some sort of wireless connectivity. Might as well put up my predictions for what will be announced at Macworld this year. I think it will be a good … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Technology
Tagged Apple, appletv, intel, isight, Java, macworld, monitors
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My Current Config
Since I get asked a lot for advice about what kinds of electronics to buy, I am starting a new page on my site that tracks “my current config“. I’m limiting it to a small set of categories that I … Continue reading
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