Avoiding null checks in java

November 22, 2023

One of the worst nightmares for java developers ( from junior to experts ) is null object reference checking. I’m pretty sure you have seen several times code like this…

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The full-time developer ‘curse’

Some time ago I wrote an article with my advice to (junior) developers about their career.  One of the things I explained was that by the word “young” I meant all developer who feel…

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Speaking @SwanseaCon next week

I’m so excited!! The time has come.Next week I will be travelling to Wales go give a talk at SwanseaCon based on my last year experience. “Managing Global Teams – Lessons learned“….

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SwanseaCon 2015 retrospective

Last week I had the chance to attend SwanseaCon. The week didn’t start with the best of the luck – I had to postpone my arrival for one day, re-schedule my…

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Speaking @TopConf Bucharest next week

Yeah, Bucharest once again in less than 4 months ��� This week I will be travelling to Romania to present my latest topic at TopConf  based on my last year experience. “Managing Global…

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Re-visiting agile feedback

One of the topics that I wanted to write for the last months is agile feedback. It’s not a hot topic and clearly it’s not a new one. The reason…

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Speaking @DevTernity next week

The time has come!! In less than one week I will be travelling for the second time to Riga, Latvia for DevTernity. I will be giving a talk about software gardening and I…

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I am a blessed software professional

Next year I will be celebrating 20 years as a software professional. It seems like yesterday when I delivered my first “business product” written in Pascal and I can assure you that…

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At the end of the day, we are all (polyglot) programmers

Let’s forget for a few minutes our roles, our titles, our fancy LinkedIn profiles and our one-liner twitter tags. I do not exclude myself who has spent several hours to…

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Which software companies you should not work for?

I get several questions from people in local meetups or conferences about issues they are facing in the company they work. I usually give talks about development practices and there are always some fellow…

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