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The Real Problem with Software Development

O'Reilly

A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet that said “Writing code isn’t the problem. That statement nicely summarizes what makes software development difficult. Anyone who works in programming has seen the source code for some project evolve from something short, sweet, and clean to a seething mass of bits.

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Interacting with Open Source for HammerDB Code and Documentation

HammerDB

When you install it you accept the license agreement and once installed there is a file called LICENSE headed GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 – so you know that the code is open source under GPLv3. This means you have the freedom to contribute to the documentation as well.

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Is MongoDB Open Source? Is Planet Earth Flat?

Percona

Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. Many open source proponents, including the Open Source Initiative (OSI) , do not consider software under the SSPL to be open source. We agree with the OSI’s determination that any software under the SSPL cannot be open source.

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Transforming enterprise integration with reactive streams

O'Reilly Software

Software today is not typically a single program—something that is executed by an operator or user, producing a result to that person—but rather a service : something that runs for the benefit of its consumers, a provider of value. The most common programming task in the world. Let’s dive into this concept for a bit.

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Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Alex Russell

After 20 years of neck-in-neck competition, often starting from common code lineages, there just isn't that much left to wring out of the system. Since 2007, support for these features has barely improved. Provides support for "unread counts", e.g. for email and chat programs. PWA Install Prompts. PWA App Icon Badging.

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Effective Concurrency: Know When to Use an Active Object Instead of a Mutex

Sutter's Mill

From the article: Let’s say that your program has a shared log file object. Finally, here are links to previous Effective Concurrency columns: 1 The Pillars of Concurrency (Aug 2007). Sep 2007). 3 Use Critical Sections (Preferably Locks) to Eliminate Races (Oct 2007). 7 Break Amdahl’s Law! (Feb 2008).

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Effective Concurrency: Prefer Using Active Objects Instead of Naked Threads

Sutter's Mill

From the article: … Active objects dramatically improve our ability to reason about our thread’s code and operation by giving us higher-level abstractions and idioms that raise the semantic level of our program and let us express our intent more directly. Sep 2007). 4 Apply Critical Sections Consistently (Nov 2007).

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