
How did I get my current job?
This story tells you how I got my job and what brought me to seek the job at Textalk.

Article XSLT example in XSpec
We look at using XML transforms and testing the result using XSpec

JavaCNN – Image Readers
In this video, we improve the JavaCNN repository adding new image readers to get your test and training data.

Java 9 HttpClient incubation vs Pure Java
We look at the differences in how we do HTTP requests today in Java 8 vs the new incubation project in Java 9 for HttpClient.

How to build java packages using jlink
We explore how to package your Java code using jlink and maven in order to get all your dependencies in order.

Git the basics #3 (how-to)
In this video we talk about how to use remote repositories, pushing and fetching changes and integrating them into our repository.

What to know when looking for work.
We talk about what is good to know when you take employment in a company.

Running work on GPU (Cuda) (how-to)
We use JCuda to run some workloads on the GPU and see the difference in speed.

Git the basics #1 (how-to)
We look into the very basic commands of git. Making changes and committing to a branch.
PHP 7 improved performance
I was participating in a webinar with Zeev explaining the new implementation of PHP 7 and the improvements in memory management giving better performance. He pointed us to some blog posts, by Nikita Popov (@nikita_ppv), explaining improvements to the underlying structure of values, arrays, objects a.s.o. In this blog post I want to summaries some […]
Kdelibs build failure on 64 bit system
I just switched to use Linux at work. I’ve had Gentoo at home for years but Windows seems to be a part of the consulting branch of work I’ve done so far. The new machine I got was of course a 64 bit one and I installed the right distribution. After a week of use […]
Building a local OpenSwift object store
I needed a solution to save data and I wanted to create an API so I could handle different storage solutions. One of the solutions I wanted to support was OpenSwift, a part of OpenStack. Trying create a small local installation for testing wasn’t easy and required research. Configuration options seems endless so I’m trying […]