Log4j 2: Performance close to insane | Christian Grobmeier Solutions.

Direct Allocated Buffers are extremely useful and used extensively when developing high-performance network applications in Java NIO. By allocating data directly outside the heap, in a number of cases you can write software where that data actually never touches the heap. via Escaping the JVM heap for memory intensive applications | Java Code Geeks.

Infinite Scroll for AngularJS via tagged/infinite-scroll · GitHub.

Contract versioning and API/Service versioning has always been a consideration for SOA based systems. Whether because of the impact it has on composability, or client-service governance, it is still something of an art rather than a science. There are many examples of groups giving the benefit of their experiences (e.g., around REST is extremely popular). …

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Spanner – Google’s Distributed Database.

Jeff Harrell, Director of Engineering at PayPal, has explained in a couple of blog posts (Set My UI Free Part 1: Dust JavaScript Templating, Open Source and More, Node.js at PayPal) why they decided and some conclusions resulting from switching their web application development from Java/JSP to a complete JavaScript/Node.js stack. via PayPal Switches from Java to JavaScript.

FP Haskell Center™ The easy way to learn, create and share Haskell. Now available in a free community edition. via Welcome to FP Haskell Center | FP Complete.

Ninja Blocks Open Source Cloud Enabled Computers Offer Easy Home Automation.

Aaron Contorer created FP Complete, a commercial Haskell IDE and deployment platform. Software drives the innovation economy, from big data and software-defined networks to mobile applications and social media. via Stop wasting billions of dollars using the wrong software languages | VentureBeat | Dev | by JOD.

Over 500,000 complex transactions per second. Over 100,000 connections. On just 12 little servers. (That’s just getting started.) via InfiniSQL.