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  • 6th October 2010

GSOC 2010

During this time I did not update the blog, I was finishing my GSOC 2010 project. You can find more technical details here. …

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  • 8th August 2010

Java Vector is Obsolete

Today I was working with a unit test class for my Google Summer of Code project. Launching the test raised a concurrency exception due to me using ContiPerf to check the performance of some methods. It’s a situation that, given the piece of code tested, would not usually happen. …

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  • 12th July 2010

Estatut de Catalunya: a Review

Let’s spur some controversy! Outside Spain very few know about the reality of Catalonia. For those of you who don’t know about it, a brief summary of its history: …

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  • 10th July 2010

How to Heal and Prevent Computer Injury (RSI)

As somebody who spends too many hours in front of a computer I’ve developed some injuries in my tendons, specially in the right arm. It’s not nice to work with pain (and I blame my low APM to it!). Although I go to physio and I’m recovering well, it would be good to avoid this happening again in the future. …

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  • 4th July 2010

Sonar and Hudson

Due to my current tasks at Google Summer of Code 2010 I’ve been setting up a small CI system for my personal use. Yes, it is an overkill, but I wanted to test it and, truth be told, the statistics provided by tools like Sonar and Hudson are priceless, they show you many potential errors you may have in the code, coverage you are missing, etc. …

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