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May Meetup @ El Rug (London Ruby User Group)

Hi all, yesterday evening I was one of the lucky people attending the monthly meetup of the El Rug (LRUG), the London Ruby User Group. I decided to go there because I started recently to work with Ruby and I… Continue Reading →

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Apache Camel: a nice way to address EIPs

Hi all, as usual when you change company, you change also the technology stack. Starting from April 10th I start working in BBC and, after the first week, I start working with Apache Camel, and even if I am new… Continue Reading →

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Kanban Pizza @ SkillsMatter

Any person involved in technology should, from time to time, follow some meetups. And SkillsMatter is a very good place to find some of them. Tonight I went to Kanban Pizza, it was not what I expected (and maybe I… Continue Reading →

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Don’t mess with visibility

Lately, to be more precise starting from April 10th, I started working at BBC. Wonderful environment, very nice people, so everything is perfect. They work with Java and other technologies (Apache Camel is one of the library they use, I… Continue Reading →

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Some interesting features of Scala (Part I)

This post is for those who come from Java world and who worked on Scala from time to time. I have worked on Scala almost 2 years right now, some very interesting features I have never met before in my… Continue Reading →

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Monads in Scala (and for comprehension)

After the discussion about Monads I decided to try to implement a Monad in Scala, eventually without copying from other Monads. My idea was to write something link Option or Try, so a container of a single, optional, value. I started by defining a… Continue Reading →

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Data structures in Scala and Java (Part I)

Of course some businesses have their specific needs for computer science. During the last round of interviews I had to face questions on some strange constructs. Nothing you cannot find in a good book on data structures, obviously, but still… Continue Reading →

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On monads (in general and in Scala)

Hi everybody, as I have recently had the need to look for a new job, I had several interviews as Scala Senior engineer. There is still this weird habit to be very specific in the technical question, as id knowing Monads… Continue Reading →

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