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Continuous deployment system and build validation
One of the recommended and widely followed practices in agile and fast paced projects is to use a continuous build system. Usually this is a CruiseControl or Hudson or some such build tool hooked into...
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Managing changes less painfully
Some of us have seen Dexter’s lab on cartoon network as kinds and some of us have seen something like this in a movie or somewhere else – an elaborate setup where a small action like opening a door...
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Building a simple messaging server
Anyone working in a large enterprise IT department has used JMS, MQ or TIBCO RV for messaging. These are proven industry solutions that work well in demanding situations. But how are these built? It...
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Godavari – A Python grid computing framework
Previously I blogged about how to build a simple grid computing framework using Python standard library. I have recently been working on converting it into a functional library that can be used by...
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Workflows demystified
If you have ever worked on a project that involves building an application for a business process, then you definitely have heard of or used a workflow. A workflow is nothing but a set of steps – with...
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Using map and reduce for everyday business problems – part 1
Most of us have heard about MapReduce – the Google framework for solving problems in parallel – which is based on their BigTable and Hadoop which is an open source implementation of MapReduce. These...
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What is a NoSQL database? And why would you use it?
I first heard about NoSQL databases in an interview when a i-am-the-dude developer asked me about my experiences with NoSQL. I had no idea and later looked up the internet about these and found that...
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Should I use a file to store data? Or a database? Or some other funky...
No matter what technology you use, you always have to work with files – source code, compiled binaries, configurations etc. File is ubiquitous when you work with computers. But then have you ever...
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Using Big Data to solve real world problems
Big Data – large data sets on the order of petabytes – this is a buzz word that you must have heard each time you hear about the next big internet website or social network or e-commerce website....
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