Andrew C. Oliver
Columnist
Andrew C. Oliver is a columnist and software developer with a long history in open source, databases, and cloud computing. He founded Apache POI and served on the board of the Open Source Initiative. Oliver has helped with marketing in startups including JBoss, Lucidworks, and Couchbase. He currently leads marketing for CelerData.
7 common cloud problems and how to fix them
Experts running some of the Internet’s most critical cloud-based services share the problems they have faced, and how they solve or mitigate them.
Are software developers important? Yes, very
Survey of senior IT decision makers suggests that most execs understand the importance of listening to developers and making them happy.
InfoWorld’s 2021 Technology of the Year Award winners
InfoWorld celebrates the year’s best products in software development, cloud computing, data analytics, and machine learning.
Shared source won’t fix the AWS problem
Open source companies think the right license will protect them from being crushed by the big cloud providers. It won’t.
Should you work in developer relations?
If you love technology, learning, and meeting people, developer relations could be right for you. It’s definitely a job in high demand.
Why aren’t you using feature flags?
Software development is changing. If you’re still focused on release management rather than feature management, then you’re doing it wrong.
Should product design be ethical?
Turns out there are advantages to putting people first and thinking about ethics, like superior products, happier employees, and devoted customers.
GNAP: OAuth the next generation
The Grant Negotiation and Authorization Protocol would replace the browser-oriented OAuth with a more general authorization framework with more security features
Black Friday retailers must be effective, ready, and resilient
It’s a matter of deploying the right personalization, search, and offers to maximize conversion rate while avoiding boom fizzle pop.
The best open source software of 2020
InfoWorld picks the year’s best open source software for software development, cloud computing, data analytics, and machine learning
SQL lessons for NoSQL developers
Because no software developer is complete without at least a passing knowledge of the world’s most popular query language
Beyond NoSQL: The case for distributed SQL
What if the main problem with relational databases was the back end and not the front end?
9 career pitfalls every software developer should avoid
If you love to code, and don’t think much about your career or your business, it’s time to get real and rethink how you approach software development
Developers will decide cloud winners and losers
Companies might choose AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, but their developers will decide what runs there
Rethinking software developer events after COVID-19
Virtual events might actually be better for developers than the real thing—if we do them right
What now? A software developer’s guide to surviving the recession
This is a scary time for everyone, but also a moment that could define your career if you prepare for change
InnerSource: A better way to work together on code
How using open source methods to develop proprietary software increases project efficiency, code quality, and developer happiness
Should open source be ethical?
At present, software licenses that prohibit socially harmful or unethical uses cannot be considered open source. Should we change that?
Cloud outages show multicloud is essential
Outages are inevitable and vendors are unreliable. You can’t move fast enough unless you already have your service running on two or more clouds