Careful with Storing Base64 in MySQL
The usual choice for a collation in MySQL is utf8_general_ci (or whataver_ci). ci means “case insensitive” (there are also the _cs collations). All is fine with that, but if youContinue reading
Those Evil Frameworks and Their Complexity
Frameworks like Hibernate and Spring are industry-standards. JSF, EJB and the likes are also standards and used in many applications. But there are always people that are against these frameworks.Continue reading
Some Technical Details About My Startup
Today I launched a “field trial” of my sort-of-a-startup (http://welshare.com). And here I’ll write some technical details. The stack: Java – the language and the platform I’m most familiar with.Continue reading