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April 30 10:16 PM | Add a comment | Read comments (1) | Permalink | Blog it

Death Comes To Us All

The person who inspired me is dead. James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (Robert Jordan) left us on September 16, 2007 and I've not been writing since. The Dragon is gone, but life has to go on I suppose. Oh well. To Robert Jordan, "May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home."

Now, let's get back to business. For the past few months, we, at Covalent Technology, have been struggling to meet deadlines and looking for new contracts:

  • PetroProjek - Enterprise Business Solution (EBS)
    This marks our first entry into oil & gas industry. Originally, we played around with Compiere, ADempiere & OpenBravo and decided to customize one these open-source ERP solutions to meet PetroProjek's requirements. However, after 2 months, we realized that they are full of bugs and unreliable, and since we're no Java experts, we've decided to abandon all of them. We don't want to take any risk and run into trouble later in the development or deployment phase. As a result, we'll be using Covalentia instead to develop PetroProjek's Enterprise Business Solution.
  • Covalentia Version 2.6
    Covalentia Version 2.6 is in progress. We've delayed/postponed the release date due to lack of resources. In addition, we're also waiting for the next release of Mono so that Covalentia can be deployed on Windows & Linux platforms easily without having to change so many things. We've scrapped Gaia and fully utilize Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax instead regardless of whatever platform Covalentia will be running on.
  • TD Aziz VMS Upgrade
    TD Aziz has finally agreed to upgrade its Valuation Management System (VMS) that we developed back in 2004/2005 to our latest platform, Covalentia Version 2.6. We're slowly migrating the entire application and targeting everything to be ready by May 2008.
  • MOCCIS & Cagamodal - Enterprise Loan Management System
    This is another work in progress. The solution is ~70% completed and we're waiting for the clients to execute the User Acceptance Test (UAT) before proceeding to the next phase to refine the existing modules and adding reports and financial modules.
  • Asia Move Machine - ProperTrack.com Portal & Support System
    On behalf of our client, we're pleased to announce the release of ProperTrack.com portal. Feel free to visit and use the services provided.
  • InnoFund
    This is going no where. We've completed our part by successfully reaching 3/5 of the milestones, but the government fails to do their part, which is the most important part - to release the rest of money to us so that we can continue developing Covalentia. It's a terrible thing to stop half way. What if I hired more people assuming that the money would come in? Well, luckily I didn't. So, never believe whatever that the government say. They are just unreliable. May be it's time to change the government. They don't deserve free salary.

That's pretty much what I've to say this time around. Later.

April 06 2:55 AM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it

Covalentia on Mono

We’ve been working around the clock tweaking and replacing components in Covalentia to make it run on Mono and Fedora Core 4. So far, we’ve managed to deploy it using Xsp2 but fail to do so using Mod Mono Apache 2.2 (see figure below – the “localhost” is clearly highlighted to show that we’re not bluffing). The mod_mono_server2.exe doesn’t seem to execute correctly and it fails to even run the simple ASP.NET 2.0 samples. The deadline is September 1, 2007, and we shall release it by then Wink.
August 21 9:14 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Computers and Internet

Job Vacancies at Covalent Technology

Yes, that’s right, we’re hiring. We’re looking for junior programmers or fresh graduates and business development/marketing executives to help us enhance Covalentia, service our existing clients and develop new products using Covalentia. But, before I go into the details, let me just inform you how happy I am to finally receive a check from the Government of Malaysia via Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). I’d like to thank the people there who’d worked towards the disbursement of this fund even without the official signing and stamping of the grant agreement, especially, Mr. Mohd Yusree Yusof.
 
Now, I just can’t wait to go to the VW showroom to pay for the down-payment of a new Passat. I’m just kidding .
 
So, I need the followings ASAP:
 
C# Web Developer – Junior Programmer / Fresh Graduate
Requirements
  • Knowledge in object-oriented programming, C#, ASP.Net, Javascript, AJAX, any database
  • Knowledge in Mono is an advantage
  • No experience/certification required – training will be provided
  • Willing to learn and use our platform – Covalentia (www.covalentia.net)
  • Positive, creative and innovative
  • A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology
Scope of Work
  • To assist in developing/enhancing Covalentia
  • To assist in servicing Covalent Technology’s clients (may be located from time-to-time on-site at clients’ places) – implement changes in design and coding using Covalentia and provide technical expertise
  • To develop new products using Covalentia
Salary Range: RM 2,000 to RM 3,000
Job Type: 6-month to 1-year Contract (3 months probation)
 
Business Development/Marketing Executive – Fresh Graduate
Requirements
  • Some knowledge/skills in Information Technology (Software) industry – training will be provided
  • Good public relation & communication and critical thinking skills - able to work independently and interact well with all level of people
  • Well organized, self-motivated and results oriented
  • A minimum of diploma in any disciplines, preferably Information Technology
Scope of Work
  • To assist in compiling business requirement studies of the existing clients – attending meetings and providing follow-ups & feedbacks
  • To assist in compiling product documentations and help files
  • To assist in promoting/marketing of Covalentia, Covalent Technology’s products and getting new businesses
Salary Range: RM 1,700 to RM 2,200 plus commission on any new business
Job Type: 6-month to 1-year Contract (3 months probation)
 
Interested? Send your CV/Resume to career@covalent-tech.com

 
July 17 12:03 AM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Computers and Internet

Covalentia Version 2.4

Business is as usual. Covalent Technology is back on track, and soon I should be able to see positive numbers on my spread sheets. I don't wanna sound optimistic because I am not (I am known to be very pessimistic, negative and evil), but I believe I may be able to turn this company around as planned. I've pretty much completed the 1st phase of my job here at MOCCIS Trading Sdn Bhd, and payment is so far very good. I'm working on my 2nd phase at the moment which is to revamp their current Loan Management System using Covalentia. It's going to be a pain in the ass, but a valuable pain in the ass, for it marks my first entry into the financial industry. Well, sort of.
 
I'm supposed to release Covalentia Version 2.4. I am already using it to develop three applications. On the contrary, it's probably better not to release it until I find and fix all the bugs. For your information, Covalentia Version 2.3 is quite buggy, and I don't recommend you to download it (say what?). It's a transition between the old version and the new one that supports Oracle, and I didn't have enough time to test it. But, the latest version should be very stable and I will freeze further development of Covalentia after this point so that I can concentrate on tweaking it to run on Mono or Grasshopper framework. The dateline is September 2007.
 
Now, where the heck is my grant money? The government hasn't got back to me for such a long time, and I wonder if I'm ever gonna get the fund. It's been almost 2 months since I last submitted the agreement to be signed by the Chief Secretary of Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and it’s most probably sitting at the very bottom of a very thick stack of documents. Oh well. No hope there. Forget about it.
 
I will release the latest version soon. I just don’t have enough time to come up with the help files. I'm supposed to meet this one programmer who has a Master of Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon and is gettin' much higher pay than myself. He's my junior, so to speak. And, I'm planning to hire him to help me out. Hmm, does it make any sense to you? .
 
I now realize that I am underpaid. I made some calls and found out that junior programmers out there are making more. Seriously.
June 28 4:23 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Computers and Internet
 

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