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Unbounded Result Sets / Unbounded Capacity In any API or protocol, the caller should always indicate how much of a response it is prepared to accept. TCP does this in the "window" header field. Search engine APIs allow the caller to specify how many results to return and what the starting offset should be. Limit results coming out from the database. SELECT TOP 15 colspec FROM tablespec SELECT colspec FROM tablespec WHERE rownum <=15 SELECT colspec FROM tablespec LIMIT 15

Recently Nokia has re-branded its Location services (Nokia Maps) to Here Maps . I won't comment too much about its features. The fight against Google Maps is now obvious then ever. Its clear that with the new brand Nokia will get more and more audience for it's map via other channels like iOS, Android and Firefox OS. If you are a merchant, a small business owner and you want your business to be visible on Here Maps. You can do that via Nokia Prime Place . With Nokia Prime Place you can list your business, add opening hours, descriptions, payment methods, pictures, etc... Once the business is verified the data gets distributed on the navigation devices also. Not sure yet, but I suspect, once a business is added via Prime Place the data is being shared with Nokia's big partner... I won't say who is it, till I have the confirmation, but anyway in the end it's in the advantage of the user.

An article I wrote for Today Software Magazine

I recently had a debate on third-party libraries. There are people which when they need some new feature in the project, they instantly search on Google for some open-source library that implements what they need. They do that by default. There are some other people which when they need some new feature in the project, by default they imagine in their mind a sketch implementation for that. By default they think about implementing the feature by themselfs. So when should we use a 3rd party library? Here is my answer: - When the effort of implementing the new feature is considerable. - When there is enough trust in the creator of that 3rd party library. - When there is clear evidence that the library is widely used by others and there is a active community around it

On Linux is quite easy. tail -n +100 largefile.txt > largefile.txt.tmp mv largefile.txt.tmp largefile.txt The above sample will remove the first 100 lines.

I'm currently reading the book Beautiful Architecture . In one of the chapters the author outlines what an architect should take into consideration when thinking of a new system. There are 9 things. Functionality What functionality does the product offer to its users? Changeability What changes may be needed in the software in the future, and what changes are unlikely and need not be especially easy to make in the future? Performance What will the performance of the product be? Capacity How many users will use the system simultaneously? How much data will the system need to store for its users? Ecosystem What interactions will the system have with other systems in the ecosystem in which it will be deployed? Modularity How is the task of writing the software organized into work assignments (modules), particularly modules that can be developed independently and that suit each other's needs precisely and easily? Buildability How can the software b...

If found some nice articles about performing geo queries on MySQL: http://www.rooftopsolutions.nl/blog/tag/rtree