https://bravenewgeek.com/tag/hibernate/Recent content in Hibernate on Brave New GeekHugoen-usWed, 19 Dec 2012 19:12:36 -0600https://bravenewgeek.com/the-importance-of-being-idle/Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:12:36 -0600https://bravenewgeek.com/the-importance-of-being-idle/<p><em>“Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.”</em></p> <p>It’s good to be lazy. Sometimes, in programming, it can also be hard to be lazy. It’s this paradox that I will explore today — The Art of Being Lazy. Specifically, I’m going to dive into a design pattern known as lazy loading by discussing why it’s used, the different flavors it comes in, and how it can be implemented.</p> <p>Lazy loading is a pretty simple concept: don’t load something until you really need it. However, the philosophy can be generalized further: don’t do something until you need to do it. It’s this line of thinking that has helped lead to processes like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_(development)">Kanban</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_software_development">lean software development</a> (and also probably got you through high school). Notwithstanding, this tenet goes beyond the organizational level. It’s about optimizing efficiency and minimizing waste. There’s a lot to be said about optimizing efficiency in a computer program, which is why The Art of Being Lazy is an exceedingly relevant principle.</p>