Yes, it’s about the “anti-diversity memo”. But I won’t go into particular details of the memo, the firing, who’s right and wrong, who’s liberal and who’s conservative. Actually, I don’tContinue reading
After I’ve expressed my concerns about the blockchain technology, let’s get a bit more practical with the blockchain. In particular, with Ethereum. I needed to send a transaction with Java,Continue reading
The so-called (and marketing-branded) “blockchain technology” is promised to revolutionize every industry. Anything, they say, will become decentralized, free from middle men or government control. Services will thrive on variousContinue reading
It is likely that you are developing some form of (web/RESTful) API, and in case it is publicly-facing (or even when it’s internal), you normally want to rate-limit it somehow.Continue reading
Spring Boot Admin is a cool dashboard for monitoring your spring boot applications. However, setting it up is not that trivial. The documentation outlines two options: Including a client libraryContinue reading
“What are some areas you are particularly interested in” – recruiters (head-hunters) tend to ask that question a lot. I don’t have a good answer for that – I’ll knowContinue reading
Sometimes we need to let users sign something electronically. Often people understand that as placing your handwritten signature on the screen somehow. Depending on the jurisdiction, that may be fine,Continue reading
What happens when a senior developer becomes…more senior? It often happens that they get promoted to “architect”. Sometimes an architect doesn’t have to have been a developer, if they seeContinue reading
Yesterday I gave a talk that went through all the aspects of using messages queues. I’ve previously written that “you probably don’t need a message queue” – now the conclusionContinue reading
Most system have some sort of event logs – i.e. what has happened in the system and who did it. And sometimes it has a dual existence – once asContinue reading