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12 things I hate about Hadoop

Why Redis beats Memcached for caching

Redis is the newer and more versatile datastore, but Memcached still has its place

C/C++ decompiler translates programs, no source code needed

An LLVM for decompilation, Snowman's source code will be released soon

Salesforce.com gives mobile app development a ‘Lightning’ strike

The next generation of the Salesforce1 development platform is announced at Dreamforce

Stability patterns applied in a RESTful architecture

Five ways to stabilize network behavior in distributed systems

Learning a second programming language? Try these 5 sites

These sites let you see the same concept, design, or algorithm implemented in multiple languages

Ceylon 1.1.0 lands, with Java and Android hooks to come

Ceylon creator Gavin King says Java EE integration and Android support will come in future updates

What Google’s petition to the Supreme Court really means

Following the reversal of its historic win against Oracle over the copyrightability of APIs, Google has asked the Supreme Court to intervene

Ceylon 1.1.0 lands, with Java and Android hooks to come

Ceylon 1.1 features performance upgrades and OSGi backing, but developers are looking toward major improvements for the next release

Google stays mum on Android L, but buzz grows

Developers and consumers alike have reason to anticipate the coming ART runtime and improved visual interface and notifications systems