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February 7, 2024 - Key Insights Introduction The Philippines has long stood as a bastion of warmth and understanding,...

February 1, 2024 - In today’s rapidly advancing technological world, the gap between academic learning and industry requirements in...

January 18, 2024 - In our fifth week working on a coffee shop application as O&B’s Software Engineer Interns,...

December 7, 2023 - Key Takeaways: In today’s era, where technology is an indisputable driver of change, organizations globally...

December 7, 2023 - As a software consultant company, we take pride in being champions of continuous improvement and...

December 7, 2023 - Are organizations unlocking the potential of generative AI to transform healthcare or is it simply...

December 7, 2023 - Key Takeaways In the ever-evolving world of web development, adapting to new technologies and methodologies...

December 4, 2023 - In the rapidly evolving landscape of the tech industry, women have not only navigated challenges...

April 12, 2022 - Calen presented a webinar on Integration Testing as part of PSIA’s advocacy for the upskilling...

September 7, 2021 - Outline What is a Raspberry Pi? The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost, credit card-sized (or...

August 24, 2021 - I’m Justin and I work as a Quality Engineer for O&B. I have been given...

August 19, 2021 - A quick tutorial on DbUnit FlatXmlDataSet. I started out trying to use DbUnit FlatXmlDataSet without...

August 12, 2021 - This is Calen’s eight post in a 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions” where he strives to...

July 15, 2021 - This is Calen’s seventh post in a 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions” where he strives to...

July 8, 2021 - This is Calen’s sixth post in a 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions” where he strives to...

July 1, 2021 - This is my fifth post in my 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions”, It’s based...

June 24, 2021 - I’ve been updating some training materials recently, and thinking about better ways of teaching and...

June 17, 2021 - This is Calen’s fourth post in a 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions” where he strives to...

June 10, 2021 - This is part of a series where Calen will discuss twelve common myths about Agile...

June 3, 2021 - Calen discusses why he thinks Agile itself is not a process. Rather, Agile is the...

May 27, 2021 - I spoke at SofTech, the Philippine Software Industry Association’s first Software Engineering conference. We had...

May 5, 2021 - Join the discussion about the pros and cons of using Foreign Keys One of my...

April 29, 2021 - A tutorial on how to use the Template Method to eliminate error-prone code duplication. If...

April 22, 2021 - In managing software projects, feedback is critical. Here are some helpful notes on giving feedback...

April 15, 2021 - Calen shares pitching advice for technopreneurs and hackathon participants. This article explains the top three...

March 25, 2021 - Some of us scream Eureka! and others immediately pass out, but when the code finally works and...

March 18, 2021 - Hello everyone! In my previous blog post, I basically wrote a small primer on Cloud Computing....

March 11, 2021 - Before the COVID19 era, walking into an interviewer’s office demanded a lot from you. Back...

March 4, 2021 - The following post is based on the talk I did for one of our weekly S.K.I.L.L...

February 25, 2021 - In part 1, we learned about what GIMP is, its commonly used windows, and how to...

February 18, 2021 - Have you ever wondered how to use GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) for your image...

February 9, 2021 - In the modern scene of Java, applications can be written quickly thanks to many third-party...

February 2, 2021 - What is TypeScript? In a nutshell, it is simply JavaScript… but with types! According to typescriptlang.org, it...

September 17, 2020 - After spending some time doing sustained engineering (a.k.a. maintaining legacy code), I ventured to reduce...

February 27, 2018 - If you have been programming in Java long enough, chances are you needed to generate...

February 13, 2018 - I was inspired by Carl Papa’s use of aspects with the Spring Framework to determine...

January 24, 2018 - Now (it’s been years) that Java has gotten functional programming syntax, it can be pretty...

December 21, 2017 - This discussion made use of JPA 2.1.0 and Eclipselink 2.5.2. Specs and implementation and may change in future releases....

December 6, 2017 - Typical Scenario in the World of Bills Payment Mr. Postman approaches a residential gate and...

January 4, 2017 - Lorenzo explains the reason why code in applications is arranged and split in a certain...

November 14, 2016 - Lorenzo corrects the impression that the domain model pattern is always the best to use....

September 13, 2016 - Learn the common pitfalls/mistakes encountered that caused some problems in Java-based systems that use JPA....

September 13, 2016 - Learn how transactions work in plain-vanilla JDBC and how Spring manages JDBC-based transactions. I’ve been...

October 5, 2015 - Lorenzo simplifies BLOB handling. Read on to find out how. Whenever I search the web...

July 19, 2015 - Lorenzo tries to make design patterns principles easy to remember through poetry. In one of...

December 17, 2014 - If you’re new to Agile, here are three things to keep in mind to build...

October 2, 2014 - An overview of Service-Oriented Architecture, including benefits, concepts, and limitations. After having a few more...

October 2, 2014 - Calen tells us about the advantages of using Git and GitHub for his classes at...

September 30, 2014 - Lorenzo continues the discussion on DDD, this time with a focus on persistence of value...

September 14, 2014 - Lorenzo discusses DDD using a cargo shipping scenario. I’ve always found the cargo shipping example used in Eric...

August 14, 2014 - Editor’s note: Calen discusses the system migration issues Jollibee faced that allegedly led to inventory...

July 14, 2014 - It’s common to see a java.util.List being used for a to-many mapping (with ORM). And it’s also common to...

July 7, 2014 - Lorenzo tells us that when it comes to software design, it’s not always about asking....

July 1, 2014 - I’ve been conducting training classes (with Orange and Bronze) that cover topics like TDD, design patterns...

February 22, 2014 - Let’s talk about how we improved code readability and gained domain knowledge in creating ISO 8583 messages...

February 10, 2014 - I just realized that TDD is a great way to pick up where you left...

November 1, 2013 - A few months back, I was reviewing some internal apps we had in our organization,...

August 13, 2013 - Ria shows us why you should wrap a list inside a list implementation if you’re...

June 17, 2013 - Ria briefs us about the LRUMap and how it is used to cache recently used...

May 15, 2013 - Karl gives us a brief on how Grails works, why it is the convenient app...

April 29, 2013 - Ria tells programmers what she discovered and how she solved the case of the missing...

March 13, 2013 - What? A Groovy and Grails infographic? Yes, finally! We’ve been trying to look all over...

December 20, 2012 - There’s a lot of horror stories in offshore outsourcing of software development, but every once...

August 15, 2012 - Catch Up! If you haven’t seen the first three parts of this Beginning Android tutorial series,...

July 19, 2012 - We’ve all heard how wonderful it is to work for Google. Aside from working on...

May 23, 2012 - O&B’s Tommy Lim Jr. guests on Future Perfect to talk about Artificial Intelligence – which...

May 18, 2012 - The Wikipedia definition of health informatics explains it best: “Health informatics is a discipline at...

May 17, 2012 - Catch Up! If you haven’t seen the first and second part of this Beginning Android tutorial...

April 17, 2012 - Creating Your First Android Application Part 1 of this Beginning Android tutorial series covered the overview...

March 2, 2012 - This post will provide a brief overview of the Android platform. What is Android? —...

April 8, 2009 - This article is targeted at non-technical, mostly client-type audience. It was written from the approach...