Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Thoughts

• Apr 2, 2019 Sorcery, Spirits and Programming

  Rarely you find a book that is not only instructive, but beautifully written.

  For those who have not already guessed, this is a reference to Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman.

  For those that enjoy video support, there is also a youtube collection of videos from the lectures actually presented by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, with the original ‘86 flavor, can be found here.

• Feb 1, 2019 Creating Configurable and Reusable Spark Applications in Scala

  All of us can recall the first days of picking up a new technology and running the first “Hello World” or “Count Words” applications that get us started with a new language or a platform.

• Jul 8, 2015 Homework Can Be Fun!

  These are some words that I never expected to say anymore during this lifetime.