http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=kirkk Artima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers. http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=155342 Managing dependencies is important. JarAnalyzer, an open source static analysis tool for .jar files, can help. Think of it as JDepend for jars. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=96404 Wow. A lot of debate on quality versus velocity. I'm wondering if we're all on the same page with what we mean by quality. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=88316 Can you divide your logical layers into separate deployable units without changing a single line of code? You should be able to! http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=87730 Layering is a powerful architectural pattern. It can be more powerful when using your deployable units as layer boundaries. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=86833 I'm curious, how many developers spend time consciously designing and managing relationships between physical entities? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=73829 Sometimes code duplication is warranted, even good. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=52949 Sometimes, we're required to do things because "that's the way things are done around here." But interpreting corporate standards and applying subtle adaptations can yield substantial rewards.