Software is too expensive to build cheaply…

At work, we are a heavy user of ehcache. Well, we would be… it was initially written at Wotif, to overcome problems with the Jakarta JCS project. I recently had to sit down and figure out exactly how it works, and thought I’d take a moment to write it up.
*Update*: I tested the Hibernate serialization [...]

I rediscovered this article while doing some research. It gives an extensive list of reasons why your code sucks.

I really, really, shouldn’t bite, but… Cedric is asking about dependent test methods and if they are evil Well, they may not be evil, but they are at least mildly naughty.