Posts in Software Development
All posts in Software Development in chronological order with newest first.
Who Ensures Quality in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)?
As an external consultant in an Enabling Team for Cloud Architecture, I supported several teams and noticed that software development quality was lacking. This surprised me because the client was using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). A quick look at the SAFe website promises that quality is built in with “build quality in.” Why was this not the case in the projects I was involved in?
Generating dialogues with OpenAI's API
During the winter holidays I had some fun letting AIs discuss with each other about various topics. I personally like to chat with ChatGPT and challenge it (him/her) with difficult thoughts. I wondered if I can let ChatGPT argue with other instances of itself …
Using OpenAI's API to generate prompts for images
The advances of artificial intelligence in the last months are simply breath taking. It is now very easy to use “intelligent” APIs in your web app. In this example application the user can describe a scene in simple terms. GPT creates a fully fledged description and DALL-E 2 converts this into an image.
Fusion of object oriented and functional programming
The fusion of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and Functional Programming (FP) languages has become increasingly popular in recent years, with many programming languages now offering features and constructs from both paradigms.
Migrating a ray tracer from Java and Groovy to Kotlin (part 1)
After reading the wonderful book Kotlin in Action I started to migrate my ray tracer from Java and Groovy to Kotlin.
EuroClojure 2017 in Berlin
In my first project for ThoughtWorks the backend is written in Clojure. Since the project was in Berlin, I visited the EuroClojure 2017 which takes place in Berlin this year, too.
Working for ThoughtWorks
After long considerations i decided to quit being a freelancer and joined ThoughtWorks in Hamburg, Germany.
Updated library of geometric algorithms
Today I released an updated version of the library of geometric algorithms.
Kovarianz und Kontravarianz in Scala
Das Thema "Kovarianz und Kontravarianz" wird zwar auch bei Wikipedia erklärt, ich versuche es hier mit eigenen Worten und Scala.
Covariance and Contravariance in Scala
I explain "covariance and contravariance" with some simple Scala examples.
Trying out next-gen JavaScript now with ECMAScript 6
With Babel you can test many features of the upcoming next version of JavaScript called ECMAScript 6 now.
Examples for parallelism: ray tracer
I wanted to learn some frameworks for parallel computing and i decided to implement a simple ray tracer as a "visual benchmark".
Sehr viel Haskell, zu wenig funktionale Programmierung
Ich habe “Learn You a Haskell for Great Good” zur Auffrischung meiner Haskell-Kenntnisse gelesen. Während meines Studiums in den neunziger Jahren war ich begeisterter funktionaler Programmierer. Meine Diplomarbeit habe ich 1997-98 über „Geometrische Algorithmen in Haskell“ geschrieben.
Stellenweise sehr gut, stellenweise nicht ausgereift und zu knapp
Die Programmierung von parallelen und nebenläufigen Programmen mit Shared-Memory und Threads ist kompliziert und sehr fehleranfällig. Als Lösungsansätze wurden z. B. Software-Transactional-Memory (STM), Message-Passing-Architekturen und Aktoren-Modelle entwickelt. In “Programming Concurrency on the JVM” werden diese für die Java-Plattform vorgestellt.
Sony Alienates Early PlayStation 3 Fans
On April 1st, Sony released an update for the PlayStation 3 that discontinued support for Linux. This move angered many, sparking intense reactions and discussions.
Groovy, EMF and UML2
I wrote the Groovy EMF builder and the Groovy UML2 builder.
These tools use the builder concept of the programming language Groovy to ease the processing of Eclipse Modelling Framework and UML2 code.
Parallelization with Haskell - Easy as can be
The functional programming language Haskell provides a very easy way of parallelization.
New version of the library of geometric algorithms in Haskell
Almost 10 years after the initial release, i released an updated version of the library of geometric algorithms in Haskell. It now builds with Cabal and requires the Glasgow Haskell Compiler.
Memoization in Groovy with a Decorator
Memoization is a well known optimization technique to avoid repeated calculations. With dynamic programming languages like Groovy it is possible to extend the behaviour of an already exisiting class at runtime.
Accessing EMF models with JRuby
JRuby provides access to Java packages, so it is possible to use packages created with the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF).
Eclipse BugDays 2007
I participated at Eclipse BugDays in July, August, September, October, and November 2007 and helped debugging the Eclipse projects JDT, PDE/UI, and ECF.
Using UML2 with Groovy
The UML2 project provides an EMF based implementation of the UML 2.x metamodel in Java. With the EMFBuilder it is possible to create and process UML2 models.
Higher order Markov chains in Ruby - Ruby Quiz #74
Here’s my second solution for the quiz No 74. It generates text with a first or higher order Markov chains. See also the first order version.
Markov chains in Ruby - Ruby Quiz #74
Here’s my solution for the quiz No 74. It generates text with a first order Markov chain.