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Looks  like go is attracting some attention.

“”Open source does not mean anarchy. Somebody has to have a vision and the perseverance to see that through. The open source community can then create their own versions if they wish, but it is best if there is a main line, stable version with a consistent architecture with […]

The Scala 2.8 beta 1 announcement gives hope regarding the availability of a decent IDE for editing Scala code. We will see what Scala 2.8 final looks like but if the eclipse IDE support features basic Class and Method renaming I will most likely make Scala my main programming language for writing open source code […]

In many situations, open Source software developers need to deal with the maintenance of patches. Examples include :

Unofficial versions of the linux kernel, where specific patches are applied (e.g. Xen kernel, openvz kernel, ..) and need to be constantly forward-ported to the latest kernel when it is released

Distribution-specific changes (e.g. Ubuntu-specific changes to debian packages).

Maintaining […]

why can’t programmers…. program is definitely worth reading… Yes, this is disturbing….

The worst question interview ever describes… well, just read the post and you will quickly figure out what it is about. I simply LOVE Gavin King’s comment :

Heh, and I’ll continue to be an ass in all future responses to “John Smith”s who tell talented guys who worked on my projects for years that they […]

EJB 3.1, a compelling evolution describes the new features available in EJB 3.1. It looks like EJBs are finally getting the features they miss..

However, there are still a few things bugging me :

Why insist on keeping the neat features (IoC, ..) server-side only ? Why can’t I just use the same mechanisms for in-container server-side […]

These days, it looks like there is a lot of hype around the NoSQL movement.

These data storage systems have a number of features in common:

•   a call level interface (in contrast to a SQL binding)

•   fast indexes on large amounts of data,

•   ability to horizontally scale throughput over many servers, and

•   ability to dynamically define […]

François Beauregard, le Président de Pyxis, a répondu présent à la 10ème édition de Vision PDG qui se déroule actuellement à Mont-Tremblant. Plus de 100 chefs d’entreprises de l’industrie des technologies du Québec se retrouvent pour échanger et partager afin de poursuivre la croissance de leur entreprise. Écoutez Maurice Bergeron, …

Dernièrement mes collègues et moi exécutions le Kata FizzBuzz dans le cadre de notre Dojo pratiques d’ingénierie. L’objectif était de pratiquer le développement piloté par les tests. Je dois avouer que ce fut fort amusant et la solution à laquelle nous sommes arrivés est tout à fait adéquate et présente …

Le nouveau podcast VoxAgile vient tout juste d’être publié. Vincent Tencé est invité pour discuter du concept de la dette appliqué au développement logiciel. Il aborde notamment: Comment rendre la dette visible; Comment catégoriser la dette; Comprendre comment la dette est accumulée. À vos écouteurs!