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About me: I am a Germany-based Austrian / American freelance developer with 15 years of experience. I am 41 years old, married to a lovely German wife and father of three kids. I hold a 5h degree black belt in Taekwondo (Kukkiwon) and currently practice Shaolin Kungfu.

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Topics: Java, Spring, Wicket, Maven, Groovy, Guava, AspectJ

Humor: Programming Language Matrix (hilarious)


Sep
20
awarded  Yearling
Sep
21
awarded  Yearling
Aug
22
comment What is the benefit of not using Hungarian notation?
what is the benefit of not using Hungarian notation "Not being hated by your co-workers" comes to mind ...
Jul
11
comment What's OOPS? Is that term in use?
@Péter OOPS is now synonym with OOP.
Jul
1
comment How to make Classic ASP interesting if you are stuck with it?
@Gratzky no, but it was a horrible technology even then. Far inferior to the two main alternatives: PHP and JSP
May
5
awarded  Critic
Apr
29
awarded  Good Answer
Mar
29
comment Is it necessary for Java programmers to learn some C/System programming?
It's good to know the concepts, but on the other hand C programmers usually write awful Java code and vice-versa, so be careful what you do in foreign territory. Oh, and check out the Programming Language Matrix
Mar
22
comment Who is Responsible for Setting Up An Automated Builds System?
@jmort sooner or later it's getting to the point where nobody can effort the cost of not having such a dedicated position
Mar
21
comment Who is Responsible for Setting Up An Automated Builds System?
+1 for 3) every software team should have a dedicated build manager these days
Mar
9
comment And if I ask the job interviewer for reasons to join the company?
+1 for quoting George Carlin :-)
Feb
24
comment Evaluating a Programmer for Startup
I'm sensing a cloud of doom hovering over this
Feb
24
answered What programming languages should every computer science student be taught?
Jan
28
comment What popular “best practices” are not always best, and why?
@TokenMacGuy the crucial aspect is the implied by the spec part. That's where opinions differ a lot.
Jan
17
awarded  Nice Answer
Jan
4
revised What's OOPS? Is that term in use?
added 132 characters in body
Jan
3
awarded  Scholar
Jan
3
accepted What's OOPS? Is that term in use?
Jan
3
comment What's OOPS? Is that term in use?
@Frank wouldn't that be OPS?
Jan
3
awarded  Student