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Over-engineering

Causes for security problems are legion. One of the high pertinence problems in software development is called “over-engineering” – creation of over-complicated design or over-complicated code not justified by the complexity of the task at hand. Often it comes as a result of the designer’s desire to show off, to demonstrate the knowledge of all ...

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Exodus from Java

Finally the news that I was subconsciously waiting for: the exodus of companies from Java has started. It does not come as a surprise at all. Java has never fulfilled the promises it had at the beginning. It did not provide any of the portability, security and ease of programming. I am only surprised it ...

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