Author Archives: Kate Ilardi

Recipe for Success Pie

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Kate Ilardi

This month I finished up my 2012 Year-End Reviews for my Employees. Looking back on the process and my individual conversations with my employees, I came up with a “Recipe for Success” Pie Chart. I’m thinking about using it for … Continue reading →

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Pair Programming

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Kate Ilardi

My favorite agile software development method, is Pair Programming. It is a technique where two programmers will work together at a single computer, working on the same project or component. One is known as the Driver, the person who is actually … Continue reading →

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Education verses Experience

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Kate Ilardi

As a hiring manager, I am often faced with the question of Education verses Experience. This extends beyond hiring experienced candidates, to entry level candidates as well. A usual rule of thumb for experienced hires is that 5 solid years … Continue reading →

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Do Nothing Standalone Daemon – A Template for Java Daemon Processes

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Kate Ilardi

Once again, as promised here’s my template for created Standalone Daemon Processes in Java. You need to actually combine this with the unix command nohup to actually have it run as a background daemon process, but it makes use of … Continue reading →

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Do Nothing Standalone Process – A Template for Batch Jobs and Utility Commands

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Kate Ilardi

As promised, I’m sharing my template for how I want batch jobs and other standalone processes such as utility programs to be based on. This solves the problem I mentioned in my previous post “Helping your developers to maintain other … Continue reading →

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Project Thunderbolt – Robert’s Tesla Coil Project

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Kate Ilardi

=================================== Project Name: Thunderbolt Project Domain: High Voltage Physics =================================== Goal: To create a full scale Tesla Coil with that produces at least 6in sparks aka “artificial lightning”. Current Status: Project was a success, with a complete full scale, full … Continue reading →

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Helping your developers to maintain other people’s code

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Kate Ilardi

What is so difficult about maintaining another developers code? How can you as a development manager or architect ensure that all developers on your team can maintain any other team member’s code? These are the two questions I want to … Continue reading →

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Data Record Request Framework

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Kate Ilardi

In this post we will discuss a framework which I have designed and implemented which is used to store and manage “Request Data” separately from the golden source or actual database. The root concept and benefit of this, is that … Continue reading →

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Windows verses Mac verses Linux? What do you use?

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Kate Ilardi

So I’m writing this quick little post from my favorite Starbucks, on my Mac Book Pro. Do you think I’m a Mac-preferred User? Well, Mac OS X is BSD (Unix) based, if you are a programmer you probably already know … Continue reading →

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Adapter Factory Design Pattern

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Kate Ilardi

It is often the case where Enterprise Application require one or more Vendor based products to be integrated into the home grown system. While sometimes useful, there are many issues that arise from simply embedding a product into your code. … Continue reading →

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