HashMap performance improvements in Java 8 http://www.nurkiewicz.com/2014/04/hashmap-performance-improvements-in.html

Such a simple and convenient way to go from O(n) to O(logn) in a messy Symbol table

I’m running Moscow Music Half Marathon

Javabean.ru has been renovated!

I’ve changed quite a few things on my blog and i’m going to spend much more time on it! Wish me good luck!

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My summer vacations: San Francisco -> Redwood forest -> Fort Ross -> Napa Valley -> Yosemite park -> Sequoia forest

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Windows XP is still alive!

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