Don’t you hate it when you spend months (or years) working on a pet project / book / mad take … More
Category: Finance
Spring Belfast and Spring Dublin – two of the biggest Java events of the year
No apologies for over simplifying this : If you’re in business you need computer systems to support your team. Systems … More
Irish Housing Market – from a Random Walk Blog
From a Random Walk Blog, talking about the Irish Property Market. Stats come from the Irish Property Watch Website. Assuming … More
What you do if you weren't doing your current job?
What you do if you weren’t doing your current job? While we all harbour dreams of running a magically profitable … More
Google Spreadsheets Mean the end of Java
Or to be more accurate ‘Google Spreadsheets mean the end of Java as we know it’. Think about this. Who … More
Free Money
Imagine writing an ‘I owe you’ note that people would accept them for whatever you wanted – in pubs , … More
Applets coming back from the Dead?
If you remember Applets, then you are so 1990’s man. Right back before the dot-com boom , everybody was putting … More
Using a database to store business rules
On a recent client project, we ended writing more than 300 business rules to reflect some of the financial decision … More
What you missed at the Dublin Java Meetup
15 people turned up to talk about Java yesterday evening in the Forum Bar Dublin. Actually we talked about the … More
Architecture? One size fits all
No matter what your system does , be it insurance , banking , online travel booking or telecoms, the chances … More