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  • Using a Servlet to generate chart images for BIRT

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    I’ve been working with Google’s chart tools — specifically their Image Chart tools.  My problem — I’m using BIRT as my PDF report engine, but I have a web interface.  I want the report to look the same on the web as it does in BIRT (which has it’s own excellent native charting library).  I…

  • Concatenating BIRT reports via servlet

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    I’ve been using BIRT a bit and in our project we generate alot of PDFs and have found BIRT to be the beswt product there is for that.  One thing BIRT does NOT allow you to do is to combine reports.  The below is my Servlet based solution for that which correctly renumbers the pages …

  • Paul and Linda: Treatment

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    Logline: A love story set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Beatles’ breakup and the rise of Wings, charting Paul and Linda McCartney’s enduring partnership as they navigate fame, family, and the challenges of a life lived in the public eye, culminating in Linda’s tragic battle with cancer. Synopsis: Act I: The Fall and the…

  • I know I have a problem

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    The other day I was opening a packet of ketchup and on one side it said “open here.”  I said aloud “You’re not the boss of me!” and opened the packet from the other end, which worked just fine. It is not in me to submit to authority.  I will HAPPILY put my shoulder to…

  • Database Best Practices: Designing for Failure, Not Hope

    Database Best Practices: Designing for Failure, Not Hope

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    What Prompted This Post Two days ago, the founder of PocketOS shared a now-viral account of how an AI coding agent deleted his company’s production database—and the backups along with it—in a single automated action. With no viable recovery path, the team was forced to restore from a three-month-old backup that had only existed for…

  • Rick Marciano for State Representative in Beverly, Massachusetts

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    In the 6th Essex race the Salem News editorialized: “… Parisella has certainly earned another two-year term…”  Apparently the editors have not been reading the excellent reporting of Paul Leighton who detailed the conflict of interest complaint filed against Parisella and his subsequent quitting of his job. And though that weighs on my mind, I’m…

  • From Power to Precision: Why Terraform Is the Missing Layer for Scalable Windows Workstations on Azure

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    Executive Summary On-demand cloud workstations unlock powerful, cost-efficient computing for engineering teams. But as organizations scale beyond a handful of machines, a new challenge emerges: consistency. Manually configuring Windows systems through portals, scripts, and remote desktop sessions introduces drift, delays, and operational risk. This paper explores how Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) transform Azure-based…

  • Software Engineering Isn’t That Hard. Architecture Is.

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    There’s a belief in our industry that building software is incredibly hard. It isn’t. Writing code that works? That’s increasingly easy. Even “simple” AI systems can generate functional microservices with decent structure and solid test coverage. Given a clear task, modern AI can scaffold APIs, wire up a database, add authentication, and produce a respectable…