Street Photography
Vert.x vs node.js simple HTTP benchmarks
Move over script kiddies.
Goodbye global lock – MongoDB 2.0 vs 2.2
I can’t wait for MongoDB 2.2
Applying Back Pressure When Overloaded
As always, good advice from @mjpt777
How to pinpoint high CPU Java VM Threads
Good debugging tip
Why Quit? Because They Have Bigger Monitors
Work in environments where engineers are valued.
Voldemort on Solid State Drives
GC becomes the bottleneck when SSDs reduce the IO bottleneck.
Hotspot JVM Options - The complete reference
This might be useful at some point.
Cool, but obscure unix tools
Well worth a skim
Crash-only software: More than meets the eye
A great ideal to strive for
1024cores
A great resource on modern concurrency
HDFS: Hadoop and Solid State Drives
Its not just and Hadoop issue. Everything needs to change for SSDs.
Multithreaded File I/O
Good overview of all the various options with multithreaded file I/O
