What’s bitcoin? It’s a fungible unit of value exchange backed by computer processing power and cryptographic proof-of-work. It’s a what now? It’s kind of like money powered by computers. What’s so special about that? Bitcoin is the first viable form … Continue reading →| Darren Hobbs
I heard about Bitcoin before it was cool. I read (well, skimmed) the paper. I thought, “that looks interesting” and went about my business. 2 years later and don’t I feel silly. I don’t know if Bitcoin will replace fiat … Continue reading →| Darren Hobbs
I really should get around to updating the theme on this thing.| Darren Hobbs
There’s been a lot of chatter within my network about the pursuit, and virtue of, humility. Usually framed as ‘humility vs arrogance’ I don’t find the term ‘humility’ especially helpful. It’s an abstract concept and, as such, very subjective. I … Continue reading →| Darren Hobbs
Every organisation I’ve developed software for held the belief that their deployment situation was special, unique and complicated. Most of them came up with convoluted release processes involving multiple manual steps, hundreds of configuration variables, shell scripts and workarounds. The … Continue reading →| Darren Hobbs
My next software project would… Be written using node.js, Ømq, redis and riak.| Darren Hobbs
My next Java project would… Be built with gradle Use git for SCM Check in deployable artifacts Be an executable jar Use JPA annotations for persistence Would not… Use maven Use spring| Darren Hobbs
Every now and then I take a stroll down memory lane and read some old blog posts, both mine and colleagues’. After I stop cringing at how naive and earnest we all were I try and contrast my current opinions … Continue reading →| Darren Hobbs
The future is noded. NOsql, Dynamic, Event driven, Distributed. A tipping point has been reached. The JVM is past its peak. Dynamic languages with a low cost of change and greater expressive power are in the ascendance. Scaling through multithreading … Continue reading →| Darren Hobbs
This marvellously self-referential post is primarily for the purpose of talking about atom feeds. The slideshow| Darren Hobbs