Removing the hype around the multicore (non) revolution and some (hopefully) sensible comment about threads ad other forms of concurrency.

In which I argue that (a) Generics have done egregious harm to both the elegance and readability of the Java language and, (b) they prove by example that static type checking is a linguistic dead-end. Are you persuaded? Do you agree? Read on...

A closer look at how Groovy builders help with creational code in complex API's, using the Java3d API as a fun example.

Is there a service that allows a group of people to post recommended articles? Google reader allows only one person to do this.

I just read a good introduction to what is arguably the most important part of the agile development process, when it comes to quality. It does a good job of explaining that the real goal is not to “test” your code after you write it, but rather to create a “runnable specification” before you write it.

A quick play around with the Java3D library and Groovy to see how much easier we can make the library to use.

Announcing the first public release of plac, a declarative command line arguments parser designed for simplicity and concision.

The EuroPython conference will be held in Birmingham UK, 19th to 22nd July 2010.

Your HR department may be very proud of their career planning publications but does the organisation actually benefit from forcing developers to consider their career?

This move has been several years in the making. My interests have been shifting during that time, away from software development and towards business. As several people have suggested, it makes sense to separate the two topics into different blogs.

An simple example of how easy it is to make a fairly powerful DSL using the dynamic features and powerful sytax of Groovy

A look at some of the core values espoused by SOA in Thomas Erl's fantastic "Service Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology and Design," 5 years later.

Pojomatic provides configurable implementations of the equals(Object), hashCode() and toString() methods inherited from java.lang.Object.

The problem is this: People come to Crested Butte (it's mostly tourism-based) and they can't find out what stores and services are available, or what's going on.

The Alpha 3 release of Heron 1.0 is now available for download from Google code. The completion of a couple of features, such as compile-time code reflection, and the inclusion of an editor, makes this one of the most interesting releases of Heron yet.