COVID Tests: Sweet Little Lies…
As we are reaching the end of the second lockdown in England, I can’t help but sympathise with the prime minister, all the ministers and the lead scientists who manage the pandemic. They managed...
Author: John Kouraklis
When Boris learnt about peer reviews
Yesterday, we learnt that Pfizer is moving fast with the coronavirus vaccination and they see 90% effectiveness. It is not clear exactly what this news means as the company has not released any data...
Who could imagine?
Four years ago when I wrote my first book, I never expected to get so excited and keep writing pages and pages… 😀 Who would imagine? Here is what imagination looks like in this case...
New Book: Delphi Quick Syntax Reference
The book offers a quick introduction to the Delphi language. In essence, it is a guide to get newcomers started in an easy and comprehensive way. To the experienced Delphi developers, it works as...
COVID-19 Numerology
I have previously argued about the unconvincing and unsettling approach of politicians and scientists to the pandemic (here). This time I am looking at the reported numbers around COVID-19 because the evaluation of the...
Who is responsible for the mess we are going through?
Who is responsible for the mess we are going through? In my view the scientists, of course. Let me clarify. I hold the scientists (not science) who advise politicians responsible for the impact the...
Chasing Memory Leaks with Deleaker for Delphi
Contents1 Introduction2 DeLeaker3 Using Deleaker4 Useful Features4.1 Changes to the Source Code4.2 Filtering and Exporting4.3 Snapshots4.4 Resource Usage Graph4.5 Client API5 Conclusion Introduction Memory management is one of the most important topics in software...
Microservices in Delphi – Part 1
Contents1 Introduction2 Microservices3 Pimlico4 Local Microservices4.1 Adding a Customer4.2 Updating a Customer4.3 Getting the List of Customers4.4 Deleting a Customer5 Unit Tests6 (Unexpected but Pleasant) Use of Local Services6.1 Internationalisation (Translations)6.2 Plugins6.2.1 Open-source6.2.2...
TMS Training Days 2019 – Aftermath
I attended the TMS training day this year and I must say I am thrilled with the content of the training, the people I met and all the discussion I had with professionals from...
doyenist: my personal project grows to business
Hi there, It’s been a while I’ve been working on doyenist, a solution to track student attendance via a mobile application. I have now decided to focus on this project on full time basis...
TMS Training Days 2019
TMS organises training days in November 2019. I think it is going to be an amazing event where participants will have the opportunity to meet the people behind TMS’ products and, also, receive extensive...
New Book: Introducing Delphi ORM
I would like to share with you that my new book has reached the production stage and will be available in September by Apress. The book is about Object Relational Mapping in Delphi and explores...
Deploying a WebBroker Apache Module on CentOS 7
This article assumes you can add CentOS 7 as target platform in a Delphi project. If you want to know how to do this, please check this post. Contents1 Introduction2 The WebBroker Project3 Uploading...
Delphi and CentOS 7
Contents1 Introduction2 CentOS 73 SDK Manager4 Fixing the Folders Introduction In recent years, Embarcadero expanded Delphi to cover the Linux platform as target platform for projects. In this step, two distributions of Linux...
Bringing LeEco Max 2 (x820) back from the dead…
…or how to f(***)inish your mobile in 10 seconds Here I am sitting at my desk with my new LeEco Max 2 (x820) in front of me. Nice design, good quality, great screen, even...
