The document discusses the seven deadly sins through the lens of various characters, primarily from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. Each sin—lust, gluttony, wrath, greed, envy, sloth, and pride—is explored in relation to technology and development practices, emphasizing their implications in both moral and professional contexts. The text provides insights into performance, maintainability, and the importance of understanding technology choices in software development.

1. seven
Seven deadly sins.
Seven ways to die.

2. http://blog.eisele.net/
@myfear
http://myfear.com/+
markus@eisele.net

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct

4. http://www.omg-facts.com/Sex/Each-Of-The-Main-Characters-In-Spongebob/13033

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7. LUST
Spongebob
~ „I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm
ready. I'm ready. ”

8. LUST
Spongebob
a passionate desire for something
our absorbent yellow friend is an extremely lustful
creature
will often stop at nothing to complete a task
Lust or lechery (carnal "luxuria") is an intense desire. It is usually thought of as
excessive sexual wants, however the word was originally a general term for desire.
Therefore lust could involve the intense desire of money, fame, or power as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

9. LUST
Golden-taps
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonictk/338406270/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Least valuable features at all
Not limited to UI – could also be another fancy
something.
Find metrics to identify them
Might be a needed thing.

10. LUST
Over Engineering
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/3366236801/sizes/l/in/photostream/
(outdated) way of applying patterns
(too many) interfaces
Solving tomorrows problems
Premature optimization

11. Premature Technologies
Remember: We are building things for business
Know the technologies you use
Alpha, Beta, Snapshot have different meanings
Don’t use everything
you know
that looks fancy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdsmith1021/4058827158/sizes/l/in/photostream/
LUST

12. Not invented here
LUST
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jed-sullivan/5081024719/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Might be a corporate culture
Dangerous if applied to security

13. Gluttony
~ „Meow”

14. Gluttony
• Gary doesn’t do a whole lot besides eating and meowing,
and the meowing is often due to the fact that he is
hungry.
• Gary is shown eating parts of their couch!
Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or wallow, gluttony
(Latin, gula) is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the
point of waste.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

15. Performance
Non-functional requirements are requirements
Not taking care of performance at all
Different kinds of performance (development, runtime,
etc.)
Throwing hardware at the problem
Caching (too much)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanhayes/4340420545/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Gluttony

16. Memory
Is less expensive than it was
There are limitations
Avoid creating unnecessary objects and always prefer
to do Lazy Initialization
Always try to minimize mutability of a class
Don't try to outsmart the VM
Rely on your Application Server
Profile your code
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wuerzblog/4608933631/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Gluttony

17. HttpSession Size
There to track state
Not your “in memory” cache
Control session lifetime
Be java.io.Serializable
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amanky/353356162/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Gluttony

18. Infrastructure
Know and control your Pool Sizes
Every connection allocates a thread
Know your threads; watch Thread-Dumps
Don’t try to work with your own threads
Trust your application server
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/3751068291/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Gluttony

19. WRATH
Squidward
~ „Will you please stop leaving
your undergarments on my front
lawn? ”

20. WRATH
Squidward
• hates his job at the Krusty Krab
• portrayed as a general failure who refuses to
acknowledge his own personal flaws.
• a sarcastic sense of humor and resentment
toward the society that doesn’t ‘appreciate’
his creativity
Wrath (Latin, ira), also known as "rage", may be described as inordinate and
uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. Wrath, in its purest form, presents with
self-destructiveness, violence, and hate that may provoke feuds that can go on for
centuries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

21. Mixing Technologies
Tempted to use Spring in your EE app?
Broad JVM ecosystem (Scala, Play, Akka, GWT, ..)
Know the technologies you’re working with and
Choose the right tool for the right job
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkunz/3488123225/sizes/l/in/photostream/

22. Threading and Concurrency
EE was designed to provide an easy abstraction on
concurrency and threading.
Don’t roll your own.
Don’t.
Ever.
If you need to: JCA
=> EE 7 will give you a valid opportunity to do it the right way (JSR 236)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71262479@N03/6507218983/sizes/l/

23. Maintainability
Your no1 enemy is complexity!
Design for understandability
Less is more!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/james_gordon_losangeles/8411756513/sizes/o/in/photostream/

24. GREED
Mr.Krabs
~ „Oh, yes you do, no world
means no money, so either
save the world, or you're
fired! ”

25. GREED
Mr.Krabs
• constantly thinking of ways to turn a profit, even if it
involves taking advantage of his friends or putting them in
harmful situations
Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and
gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a
very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of material possessions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

26. People and Resources
People are people. They are not resources. They are
not capital. They are humans.
Too many people
Too many features
Two Juniors don’t make a Senior
Not licensing helpful tools
Cost cutting on environments / developer notebooks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sukanto_debnath/519690623/sizes/o/in/photostream/

27. ENVY
~ „Lady, someone should put you in a box to
drift in the river! ”
• His life’s goal is to steal the Krabby Patty
formula from his Krabs and drive his primary
competitor out of business.
Like greed and lust, Envy (Latin, invidia) is characterized by an insatiable desire.
Envy is similar to jealousy in that they both feel discontent towards someones traits,
status, abilities, or rewards. The difference is the envious also desire that entity and
covet it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

28. Weaknesses in EE Specifications
aka application server specific features
Will kill you effectively multiple times
New version of same server
Different server
Different spec version
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bright/106000370/sizes/l/in/photostream/

29. SLOTH
~ „ It's okay. Take your time. ”

30. SLOTH
• Patrick is given an award for ‘doing absolutely
nothing longer than anyone else’
Sloth (Latin, Socordia) can entail different vices. While sloth is sometimes defined
as physical laziness, spiritual laziness is emphasized. Failing to develop spiritually
is key to becoming guilty of sloth. In the Christian faith, sloth rejects grace and God.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

31. “Efficiency is intelligent laziness.”
No refactoring
No reuse
Copy and Paste
Too simple
No improvement
No peer reviews

32. PRIDE
~ „ See? He's worse than I
thought. ”

33. PRIDE
• Sandy is quick to spout off about the greatness of the
Lone Star state or to show off her athleticism in a
karate match or a weightlifting contest.
In almost every list, pride (Latin, superbia), or hubris (Greek), is considered the
original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and the source of the others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

34. "No, nothing,' said Dumbledore, and a great
sadness filled his face”
No usability testing
No behavior testing
No acceptance testing
No business testing
No unit testing
No performance testing
No security testing

35. I can do it better … I am better …
See “lust” ..oO(“not invented here”)
 There shouldn’t be an “almighty”
architect/designer/anything
Development is a team effort