Jul 28, 2011

Cat Pictures

Steve Yegge, OSCON 2011 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKmQW_Nkfk8 . It doesn't start up as much, but keep watching, cause he makes a really good point. If you don't know who Steve is, tough - google him.

If you work in the industry (and I mean outsourcing - aka cotton-picking for the master), when is the last time you had a long hard look about your work ? Are you really happy doing what you're doing ?

...and keep lying to yourself that you really need the money because life is hard

Jul 13, 2011

LMAX - CQRS applied

If you've followed the Greg Young's series of CQRS talks, you should be familiar with the concept. Martin Fowler describes in his latest blog the architecture of a trading system, based in part on the above.