Lately I’ve been slowly reading “Graffiti Kings: New York Transit Art of the 1970s” by Jack Stewart. I’m reading it because I’ve always been a fan of pop art, and as I’ve started to understand more about its context during its period, I also want to understand graffiti and street art better. For me this… Continue reading On the beauty of programming languages
Author: Christian Felde
Laptop battery insights
Back in 2016 I mentioned that I started tracking my laptop battery statistics on my then new MBP. Well, now that laptop has reached EOL, with its batteries getting swollen and the fan often running a bit fast, probably due to all the dust inside it. While I didn’t have any complaints about the overall… Continue reading Laptop battery insights
No need for off-heap
Around 6 years ago I was experimenting and pushing the practical boundaries of what the JVM could handle with regards to heap size. We had Java 8 at the time, and allocating hundreds of GB of heap space was risky. Lots of time and effort was spend in many IT teams around the world just… Continue reading No need for off-heap
Blockchain: Big but small
Consider Amazon, the e-commerce bits of the company. While it might have started out as an online bookshop, it evolved into a generalized online marketplace. So what was critical in the success of Amazon? The internet would probably be a good answer to that question, among many other things. But how much of the overall… Continue reading Blockchain: Big but small
Art on the blockchain
Many years ago, in my late teens, I used to attend The Gathering. It’s a fantastic combination of people, passion, dedication and fun mixed together for a few days each Easter. If you’re not familiar with computer culture this whole thing might seem very alien, and, for many, somewhat a waste of time. But for… Continue reading Art on the blockchain