Author Archives: Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Amazon EC2 flexibility: replacing a root volume in an instance

Posted on 19 Mar 2011 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Time for some Amazon EC2 love. Currently, our main servers are running on Amazon EC2. This last week, for a reason still unknown, we ran into a lack of disk space problem. The solution is to replace the disk, which … Continue reading →

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Matching a range of numbers in Scala

Posted on 17 Mar 2011 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Hi everybody! Yesterday I did a presentation about Scala at Globalcode. It was very nice, thank you all who attended! Now, one of the things I liked the most was the final part when people started making questions. I must … Continue reading →

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sbt and maven

Posted on 8 Mar 2011 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

A few months ago I talked about my first impressions about sbt (simple build tool) here. My conclusion at the time was that NetBeans + Maven combination would suit me better. This changed a little bit, so I’m revisiting this … Continue reading →

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Intro stuff on Scala

Posted on 18 Feb 2011 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Hi! This is a quick post to share two introductory materials about Scala. The first one is a video with a presentation done by Martin Odersky, creator of the Scala language. Great one, really worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqFryHC018k The second is … Continue reading →

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Scala Introduction at Globalcode

Posted on 11 Feb 2011 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Just a quick update. Wednesday next week I’ll be doing a Scala Introduction presentation at Globacode, down here in São Paulo, Brazil (in portuguese, of course :P). If you are in the area, come and join us 🙂 More information … Continue reading →

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A Scala script for processing files

Posted on 12 Jan 2011 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

This time, we will approach Scala through a different angle: that of a script file. If you see Scala solely as a ‘normal’ programming language, this should demonstrate that Scala offers more possibilities than you knew. The code I’ll show … Continue reading →

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Why I gave up Google App Engine for now

Posted on 25 Oct 2010 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Google App Engine is nice. Cloud Computing is nice. But I’m giving up GAE for now, and bellow is why. I (re)started to play around with Google App Engine about one or two weeks ago. Of course I read a … Continue reading →

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Simple Build Tool for Scala

Posted on 6 Oct 2010 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Recently I started looking at some alternatives for increasing productivity when writing code and building systems in Scala. One option that is getting some attention is SBT – Simple Build Tool. In some ways, it is similar to Spring Roo. … Continue reading →

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N900 Trial

Posted on 5 Sep 2010 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Hello! After a big pause, I’m back =) For this comeback I’ll be talking about something off topic, yet interesting: a high end mobile phone. Out of the blue, I got a chance to try out the Nokia N900. In … Continue reading →

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Profissao Java 2010

Posted on 27 Jun 2010 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Hi! Talking again about events: Profissao Java 2010 (something like Java Profession 2010 in english). This event happened yesterday, Saturday, June 26th, 2010 (obviously :P). Was an one-day event, right to the point filled with information regarding a lot of … Continue reading →

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