Pedro Newsletter 01-06.05.2010

Posted in java by pedro | Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
  • Adobe gets help from Google.
  • Video from Scala Days 2010.
  • Logging levels explained, pretty good article series.
  • New version of Sequel Pro was released.
  • Improved exception handling with multi-catch and final rethrow will be part of an upcoming JDK 7 build.
  • Interesting story about mocospace architecture.
  • Free CouchDB book.
  • The simplest JDK’s Date replacement library.
  • 17 Sorting algorythm implementations with applet to see how particular algorythm is working.
  • Detailed explanation of URL components.
  • Six Apache projects was graduated from subprojects to top level projects, congratulations.
  • Do you have great startup? Need funding? Check out Google Ventures.
  • Ruby library for dropbox.
  • Long waited django 1.2RC1 was released.
  • Facebook privacy problem warning.
  • Finally JDK7 has dynamic language support, detailed description.
  • Google knows to much about you, here is a solution for that.
  • Wanna recognize faces on your photos, there is an API for that too.
  • Must read article.
  • about me

    My name is Sebastian Pietrowski. I've finished Warsaw University as Master degree. During my studies I started work for merlin.pl. The primary language I use is Java but I have also programmed in Python, Ruby and Scala. I worked as a technical solution architect at merlin.pl. infrastructure when we were moving from PL/SQL to J2EE. I engineering a great performance optimized solution that made the application 10 times faster than requirements and 85 times faster as original solution.

    Currently, I am working as a Senior Expert at F.Hoffmann-La Roche to help define future roadmap in design and development of Enterprise software at Roche and Genentech and build adoption for new technologies. I'm continuously mentoring new developers, helping them understand how important test driven development is and empowering them to get better at their daily job. I'm involved in many activities which brings new technologies for better and faster development. You can find more details on my LinkedIn profile.

    But don’t get me wrong, I am not your typical nerd. I'm a pleasant guy that you can drink a glass of wine with me and talk about a range of topics with. My leisure activities include playing basketball, soccer and listening to music. I try to be pragmatic while staying focused on application performance and tuning with success in my daily work.

    My favorite quote from Yoda's and my life’s motto is: Do, or do not. There is no try.