Category Archives: Misc
DHS and Open Source
Feb
6
2008
This is a great idea: DHS is paying to scan open source software for security bugs and then fix the bugs.
Subversion for source control
Apr
13
2007
I’ve used CVS for source control for quite a while. We started off using Subversion at Refactr because we keep hearing good things about it and – among other things – I like the idea of keeping version history for … Continue reading
What can a day of Groovy and Grails get you? As it turns out a lot.
Mar
4
2007
A day can get you a pretty nice RSS blog aggregator. It takes into account post content and only aggregates posts about Groovy or Grails. It has a nice Ajax front-end and to top it off, it was designed and … Continue reading
MinneDemo – Holiday Edition
Dec
8
2006
Join me and the rest of the Refactr gang for the holiday edition of MinneDemo on Monday, December 11th at the Acadia Cafe near downtown Minneapolis. It should be a great time with a great lineup of demos and and … Continue reading
Midwest Blog Aggregator
Sep
20
2006
Luke Francl over at http://centralstandardtech.com has started a pretty sweet Midwest blog aggregator. You will notice family favorites like Alttext.com (Ben Edwards), Scratch Mount (McClain Looney), Unpossible (Dan Grigsby), Garrickvanburen.com (Garrick Van Buren) and your very own Refactr (The Refactr … Continue reading
When plumbing outweighs business logic 10:1
Jun
26
2006
This full Java call stack between the HTTP and DB layer gives a visual representation of the problem with most “Enterprise” Java Web Applications today. And the problem really isn’t the number of layers (this one shows 97); most of … Continue reading
First post
Jun
18
2006
Ok, we are to a point where we want to get the posts flowing here on the spiffy new refactr site. There are still a lot of things left to add (like everything besides this blog) but that will have … Continue reading
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