Tag Archives: Java

Google Cloud Dataproc and the 17 minute train challenge

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Shine Technologies

My work commute My commute to and from work on the train is on average 17 minutes. It’s the usual uneventful affair, where the majority of people pass the time by surfing their mobile devices, catching a few Zs, or by reading a … Continue reading →

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Securing your Spring App using 2FA

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Shine Technologies

Not so long ago, a good old username and password were considered more than enough to secure access to our applications and favourite web sites. But back then, nobody could have imagined the countless ways in which a hacker can now get a hold of our precious … Continue reading →

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Spring Data REST and Projections

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Shine Technologies

Introduction In recent years, Spring has become much more than just a dependancy injection container and an MVC web application framework. Nowadays, it’s the go-to for building enterprise solutions due to the fact it has a fantastic community built up around it, and it has a … Continue reading →

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Test Driving Google Cloud Dataflow

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Shine Technologies

Back in June 2014, at the annual Google IO in San Francisco, Google unveiled their newest, and much hyped cloud product, Cloud Dataflow. The demo they did that day, using a live twitter feed to analyze supporter sentiment during the … Continue reading →

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Java 8 – on the path to improving developer sanity

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Shine Technologies

Rewire your brain. Do it now. That’s what Oracle wants you to do with the introduction of the Java 8 SE. Unnecessarily dramatic statements aside, the “JCP” have approved a number of new language features that bring functional programming to … Continue reading →

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Put On Your Streaming Shoes

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Shine Technologies

The Kick-Off Meeting It went something along the lines of: Client: “We have a new requirement for you..” Shiners: “Shoot..” Client: “We’d like you to come up a solution that can insert 2 million rows per hour into a database and be able to deliver real-time … Continue reading →

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Reeling in Big Data Using Google’s BigQuery

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Shine Technologies

Introduction For me, Jaws is hands down one of the best movies ever made. It’s almost 40 years old but it still looks fantastic and the acting is phenomenal. And it’s able to boast one of the most memorable ad-libs ever … Continue reading →

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JavaOne 2013 Day 4 – Wrap-up and final thoughts

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Shine Technologies

Keynotes After a long (yet exhilarating) week the final day started with two keynotes, almost as if Oracle somehow knew that people may not have had much sleep the night before 😉

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JavaOne 2013 Day One

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Shine Technologies

I’ve been lucky enough to be in San Francisco this week to cover the JavaOne conference.  Today (Monday 23rd) was the first real day of conference proceedings and it was a very full day.  Sessions started 8.30am and ran until … Continue reading →

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JavaOne 2013 Day Zero

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Shine Technologies

The 18th JavaOne started this Sunday in San Francisco. Covering three hotels in downtown SF, Hilton, Parc55 and Nikkon and with keynotes in the Moscone Centre, Oracle OpenWorld is hands down the biggest conference I’ve ever attended.  It covers 5 … Continue reading →

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