Java REPL with JShell and Bazel
One great new feature of the upcoming Java 9 release is JShell, a Java REPL. Java is long overdue for an official REPL, so I was eager to try it out. I found...
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Migrating from Gradle to Bazel
We recently switched a collection of Java applications and libraries (in a monorepo) from Gradle to Bazel at Braintree. Overall, the transition went well and...
Partial Function Application in Java 8
I’ve been doing some Java lately, and the new functional additions in Java 8 are interesting. Java still has a long way to go, but they made functional progr...
Testing Isn’t Enough: Fighting Bugs with Hacks
I recently gave a presentation at Rubyconf 2014 titled: Testing Isn’t Enough: Fighting Bugs with Hacks.
Safe Operations For High Volume PostgreSQL
This post is cross-posted at Safe Operations For High Volume PostgreSQL.