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Sun Performance and Tuning: Java and the Internet

Sun Performance and Tuning: Java and the Internet

For developers who want to design for performance and administrators who need to improve performance, this book is an indispensable reference.

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4d ago

You all needed to read Output to Outcome eight months ago…

I’ve known Mik Kersten for a while, his 2018 book Project to Product and the whole concept of moving from individual managed projects to…

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Jun 4

How reliable, fast and expensive is each version of Claude Code (Sonnet, Opus 4.8-fast,

[Updated for Fable-5] Every few weeks a new frontier model tops the leaderboards, and the implicit advice is “upgrade.” Sites like…

How reliable, fast and expensive is each version of Claude Code (Sonnet, Opus 4.8-fast,

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Apr 9

Entering NoMan’s Land

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Entering NoMan’s Land

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Dec 12, 2025

Advent(ure) in Systems Seeing — Days 11 and 12 — Sketch a Situation — Justifying a Performance Team

Think of a situation you’d like to explore with a systems lens as we practice various systems approaches and views. It’s good (since these…

Advent(ure) in Systems Seeing — Days 11 and 12 — Sketch a Situation — Justifying a Performance Team

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Dec 10, 2025

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Day 10 — Org Charts

Day 10: Draw Your Org 3 Ways

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Day 10 — Org Charts

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Dec 9, 2025

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Days 8 and 9

Day 8: Context Changes Everything

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Days 8 and 9

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Dec 9, 2025

Advent(ure) in Systems Seeing — Day 6 — Donella Meadows on Causal Loops

Ask those who are interested in systems to recommend a book, and chances are good that they’ll recommend Donella Meadows’ Thinking in…

Advent(ure) in Systems Seeing — Day 6 — Donella Meadows on Causal Loops

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Dec 8, 2025

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Day 5 — Key Systems Concept: Feedback

Let’s gather some of the thoughts that have been percolating around systems. Let’s assume that you are designing the introductory page of…

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Day 5 — Key Systems Concept: Feedback

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Dec 7, 2025

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Day 4

Day 4: Going Behind the Scenes

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Day 4

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Dec 6, 2025

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Day 2

Day 2: Zoom Out to See the World Around a Bicycle

Advent(ure) in System Seeing — Day 2

adrian cockcroft

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Work: Technology strategy advisor, Partner at OrionX.net (ex Amazon Sustainability, AWS, Battery Ventures, Netflix, eBay, Sun Microsystems, CCL)

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