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Re:Quick Tips for Fast Code on the JVM on Sunday December 31, 2017 @06:44PM (#16043697)
I don't think this is good advice. If you need synchronization use sych. primitives, java.util.concurrent etc., not thread locals.
Re:Quick Tips for Fast Code on the JVM on Sunday December 31, 2017 @06:43PM (#16043687)
Do some research on GC locker.
>> it could take ~8 hours just to regain the state I had in my head

Sounds interesting, can you please share more details about what you were working on?

Re:Considering leaving job because of SCRUM on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @03:48PM (#15810689)
If there are other people in your team who think the same, then bring it up to your manager(s). Unless you bring it up nothing will change so the only way out is to leave the company at that point.
Re:How would you invest $100K USD aggressively? on Sunday November 26, 2017 @06:09PM (#15783624)
Buy real estate overseas. You need to do some research though to understand which location to invest.
Dealing with production problems, which may be functionality, performance, and reliability related.

Ask HN: How do you deal with operational work as a software engineer?

As a software engineer doing infrastructure work I often find myself working on operational stuff (mostly chasing weird bugs, some on-call, etc.). In my position I am also expected to release features and do development too, but I feel like it's very difficult to focus because of all the operational issues I am dealing with. How are you guys dealing with that sort of work?

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