Frank's Java Development Blog

Here’s a good article comparing the performance of various File I/O implementations.  I was particularly interested in the performance difference between the BufferedInputStream and the FileChannel.
Java tip: How to read files quickly | Nadeau Software

The final keyword is one that I find is under utilized. Use final in your projects as a means of defensive programming. If you are unfamiliar with this keyword here is a great article on its usage.
Renaud Waldura’s The Final Word On the final Keyword .

I came across some code the other day that simply horrified me. I was looking at a table that had a field name which implied it stored a boolean value (e.g. IS_LAUGHABLE). The field type is defined as a char(1), allows NULL values and defined no default value. Looking at the data in the column [...]

A salary comparison between J2EE and .NET Architect/Lead and Developer roles in the San Francisco Bay Area.