Hello Everybody. Today I would like to write a few words about Chrome’s Search Engines. You’re probably already using it for a couple of things, like Google, or Amazon searches or YouTube or anything like that. But are you using it to access environments and testing tools faster, with queries? For example, here is a quick Jira Search made easy: Keyword: jira URL: https://atlas.projectname.com/jira/browse/PROJECT-%s So just type: jira|space|9999 Will immediately bring you to your ticket. ...

Hello Everybody. Today I would like to write about something non-technical. I would like to write about running and how I started it and what my experiences were with it. So tl;dr. here we go. What led me to running There were actually two things that led me to start running. Three. Reason One: The accident I’m a bike person by default. I *hate running with a passion. One day I was riding my bike in the woods when suddenly I hit a big ol’ tree trunk right head on at which moment my bikes front fork bent inwards and became completely useless. At this point I had to walk home. Repairing it proved to be a bit time consuming so I had to think of some other way to have my regular exercise. ...

Hello. This is only a quick rant about a discussion I overheard the other day. ...

Hello folks. A quick post about an interesting idea. I want to elaborate on a possibility to use the Strategy Design pattern. ...

Hello. So let’s clarify this. They rarely or ever work if you are a beginner blogger. If you have a reputation it will probably work or people will use it as a reference. But I’m skipping ahead. Beginnings When you are a beginner blog writer you want to get out as much content as possible. Write mostly relevant things and interesting information because you need to establish a name for yourself. To get that starting you want to be as interesting as possible and make people leave with the intent to come back for more. ...

Hello guys. I’d like to share a little something with you. It’s what I cooked up in Python to check an unknown number of content items in a web application. Basically the script runs from a script folder under Grails. It goes through all the configured folders where there is static content like images, javascript, css and so on and so forth. And then with curl it calls these items up in using their respective paths’. This works best on localhost if you have your local environment configured to access these elements because in some places direct access is restricted. ...

Hello. Today I would like to write about something very interesting to you folks. It’s a common remember / recall technique called the Method of loci. Otherwise known as the Memory Palace. A very popular usage can be seen in the episodes of Sherlock Holmes from BBC. He uses it often. What is the Method of loci? As the Wikipedia page write so properly.“In basic terms, it is a method of memory enhancement which uses visualization to organize and recall information.” ...

Hello, So Vim is a very powerful editing tool and has lots and lots of potential in regarding plug-ins. It has years and years of gathered knowledge and extensions and can virtually do anything you want. But that’s not even it’s final form. The real power of Vim lies in navigation and manipulation. The ability to navigate and edit without the use of arrow keys or mouse chops of a large portion of your time which you didn’t even realize you are wasting until you try it without it. ...

Hello everybody. I’d like to explain a lot about a topic that is very near my heart. If your job is in an office you will understand this. Why offices? So why are we sitting together in one big place cramped up with 20-300 other people? Why bother the catering and the ventilation and what not to accommodate these people at one place? Why not just leave them be and let them work at home? ...

Hello folks! Today I would like to write about something very interesting I’m seeing all over the place from recruiters. And that is tool requirements from developers. For words So why is it a problem that in a requirement from a developer there a lots of these: DB2 QTP Ranorex Eclipse ( yes I saw a few of these. ) Hibernate Grails Ruby on Rails . Long answer The answer is simple yet it has it’s roots very deep in the recruitment and the way companies work. ...