Programmers and software engineers are in high demand today. In particular, those programmers who adapt to the new technological challenges and evolve their skills are more likely to grow professionally. A natural career path for experienced engineers to push forward their lifework is transitioning towards a software architect role. In...

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It’s 2021, and the job market has crashed due to a ghastly global pandemic. At the same time, one particular job has taken over an idealized professional place: the computer programmer. They are perceived to be experts who know how to build, fix, and deploy software artifacts. Most of them...

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I started using Disqus in 2018. At that time, it was arguably the leading commenting management system for both small and large websites. Its popularity was well deserved: ubiquitous integration, easy to set up, friendly admin panel, clean comment widget design, excellent spam filters, great content engaging features, etc. Three...

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I recently read the amazing short book titled “The Ph.D. Grind” by Prof. Philip Guo. The book (~100 pages) is a compendium of his memories, written right after finishing his Ph.D. in 2012. I felt ecstatic with such a brilliant masterpiece that I could barely put it down once I...

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The Fork/Join framework makes it easy for Java developers to take advantage of the parallel execution supported by multicore processors. This API was added to the java.util.concurrent package since JDK 7, and it has been improved in subsequent versions of the JDK. It allows the developer to forget about the...

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If you ever use LaTeX to write your research papers or technical reports, then you should know how useful and powerful this tool is. Let me just mention three well-known benefits of using LaTeX: 1) beautiful typeset output (especially when dealing with mathematical notations); 2) consistent handling of references and...

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