Cybersecurity Is Very Important
A few months ago an essay titled “Cybersecurity is not very important” appeared. The essay is well written and interesting but I’d like to argue against its main point. AndContinue reading
Protecting JavaScript Files From Formjacking
Most web pages now consist of multiple JavaScript files that are included in various ways (via <script> or in some more dynamic fashion, bundled and minified or not). But sinceContinue reading
Let’s Annotate Our Methods With The Features They Implement
Writing software consists of very little actual “writing”, and much more thinking, designing, reading, “digging”, analyzing, debugging, refactoring, aligning and meeting others. The reading and digging part is where youContinue reading
Idea: A Generic P2P Network Client
Every now and then one has a half-baked idea about some project that they aren’t likely to be able to do because of lack of time. I’ve written about suchContinue reading
First Thoughts About Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency
Facebook announced today that by 2020 they will roll out Libra – their blockchain-based cryptocurrency. It is, of course, major news, as it has the potential to disrupt the paymentContinue reading
Reflection is The Most Important Java API
The other day I was wondering – which is the most important Java API. Which of the SE and EE APIs is the one that makes most of the JavaContinue reading
JKS: Extending a Self-Signed Certificate
Sometimes you don’t have a PKI in place but you still need a key and a corresponding certificate to sign stuff (outside of the TLS context). And after the certificateContinue reading
Multiple Cache Configurations with Caffeine and Spring Boot
Caching is key for performance of nearly every application. Distributed caching is sometimes needed, but not always. In many cases a local cache would work just fine and there’s noContinue reading
The Positive Side-Effects of Blockchain
Blockchain is a relatively niche technology at the moment, and even thought there’s a lot of hype, its applicability is limited. I’ve been skeptical about its ability to solve allContinue reading
Command-line SQL Client for IBM i 7.x (AS/400)
In the category of “niche blogposts”, this is probably the “nichest”. But it might be useful, so I’ll share it. Recently I had to interface an IBM i system (thinkContinue reading