vladmihalcea
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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 5 years ago
I've been using Hibernate for 17 years and never had any performance issue with it.
Want to know my secret? It's very simple. I just read the manual in 2004.
After using it successfully for so long, I wrote a best-seller about how to get the most out of it:
https://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Java-Persistence-Vla...
And, just because afterward I even worked on Hibernate to add all sorts of performance improvements to it, it doesn't mean I don't love SQL. In fact, I happen to run a High-Performance SQL training too:
https://vladmihalcea.com/trainings/high-performance-sql/
Your comment is based on a very common misconception that Hibernate aims to replace SQL. If that were true, then why do you think Hibernate has been offering the createSQLQuery (a.k.a. createNativeQuery) since 2002?
Comment · 6 years ago
When you use a publisher, you only have to write the book, and the publisher will take care of editing, printing, distribution, marketing, advertising, etc.
When you self-publish a book, you need to do way more than just writing the book. You have to do all the things the publisher would have done for you.
By self-publishing, you can get 80 or 90% royalties, instead of 10%, which I think it's worth. It might not be worth for everybody, but, considering how much time I put into writing the book, I wouldn't be happy getting just 10% profit.
Comment · 6 years ago
I wrote the book in MarkDown using IntelliJ IDEA. The book is stored on GitHub and LeanPub fetches the files and renders it.
My blog is running on WordPress.com. I'm using a Business plan so I can better customize the website.
Comment · 6 years ago
They told me that it will help me get a better job. At the time I was working for Red Hat on the Hibernate project.
I said that I doubt they could help me find a better job considering that my book is mostly about Java Persistence and Hibernate :D
Comment · 6 years ago
I'm using Grammarly to correct my spelling mistakes. It also provides tips about phrasing.
Comment · 6 years ago
I've been using Java since 2005 so it's the ecosystem I know best. When I started my blog, I tried various topics, but the Java Persistence and Hibernate got the most traffic.
Since I liked the topic, I decided to write a book about high-performance data access with Java.
Comment · 6 years ago
I was approached by two "real" publishers asking me whether I want to publish my book with them.
I had declined both of them as they only offered 10% royalty rates.
I didn't have to pay for editing. I did everything myself: writing, diagrams, proofreading, marketing.
In fact, I decided to self-publish it after reading this article from Antonio Goncalves about his Java EE 7 book:
https://antoniogoncalves.org/2014/09/16/the-uncensored-java-...
To celebrate the anniversary, I wrote a blog post that captures the history behind my blog and the amazing things that blogging has enabled for my career.