Some of the world’s most ancient languages and writing systems have yet to be deciphered, leaving scholars to search for additional artifacts and information that could yield breakthroughs. These ...

Why does every developer think they are writing perfectly understandable code? Why is that same developer unable to decipher someone else’s code, lest maintain it? Because they’re all writing sloppy ...

When the closing-credit outtakes during "Code Name: The Cleaner" prove almost wholly unfunny, it's doubly enlightening in terms of the haphazard exercise that preceded them, inasmuch as Cedric the ...

If left unchecked, sloppy coding habits on the part of developers can become a thorn in the side of a tech leader. It’s an issue that doesn’t simply affect a single developer’s work—it can cause ...

Learn how to use pattern-matching features in your Java programs, including pattern matching with switch statements, when clauses, sealed classes, and a preview of primitive type pattern matching in ...

Design patterns have evolved to address problems that are often encountered in software applications. They are solutions to recurring problems and complexities in software design. We’ve discussed many ...

“Code Name: The Cleaner” is mildly amusing, which is about as good as a movie this contrived can get. It stars Cedric The Entertainer as Jake Rodgers, a guy who wakes up in a hotel room next to the ...

The Salmonella colonies on my kitchen counter could kill me – assuming the sight of cat litter scattered on the carpet doesn’t do me in first. If I’m lucky, fungi that vaguely resemble oyster ...

Comedy is generally the least demanding genre in terms of cinematics: At minimum, filmmakers just need to establish a comic situation, then let the cameras roll. So what happens when they're so busy ...

Jake (Cedric the Entertainer) is a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he finds himself unexpectedly entangled in a high-level ...