Kirk's Rants

I code. I used to be super-hardcore in Silicon Valley. I moved to London, sold out and worked for financial services companies. Now back to the startup life. Here's where I rant at nobody in particular.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Java Initialization Barrier Pattern With AtomicBoolean

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I've found myself starting to use this little mini-pattern. You might find it useful. private final AtomicBoolean _hasBeenInitialized...

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Code in an expert programming language

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Provided for your pleasure, anonymously, from an Expert Programming Language. Scala fans, you're about 2 steps removed from this. red...

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

I Want A New Programming Language

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Preface: This has nothing to do with the Oracle/Google Java lawsuit. Read this first. Dear Lazyweb and Programming Language Inventors: ...

The Oracle/Google Java/Android suit and a forthcoming blog post

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For those of you who aren't aware, I don't just spit out blog posts stream-of-consciousness. I mean, it might seem that way based o...

Friday, July 30, 2010

Perpetual Motion Machine Due Diligence Documentation

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I'm not a VC, and nor do I play one on TV. Nor do I even pretend on the internet. However, I've been backed by enough of them (or...

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Want to meet me in New York?

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While I used to travel to New York City on a regular basis when I was working directly in the financial services industry, since OpenGamma ...

Monday, July 26, 2010

Open Core, Natural Feature Divisions, and OpenGamma

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I've written in the past on Open Core strategies for Open Source technology-based businesses. I've been following this debate for ...

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