Bulk vs Individual Compression
I’d like to share something very brief and very obvious – that compression works better with large amounts of data. That is, if you have to compress 100 sentences you’dContinue reading
Making Sense of the Information Security Landscape
There are hundreds of different information security solutions out there and choosing which one to pick can be hard. Usually decisions are driven by recommendations, vendor familiarity, successful upsells, complianceContinue reading
Encryption Overview [Webinar]
“Encryption” has turned into a buzzword, especially after privacy standards and regulation vaguely mention it and vendors rush to provide “encryption”. But what does it mean in practice? I didContinue reading
Blockchainizing Existing Databases
Blockchain has been a buzzword for the past several years and it hasn’t lived to its promises (yet). The value proposition usually includes vague claims about trust and unmodifiability, butContinue reading
Seven Legacy Integration Patterns
If we have to integrate two (or more) systems nowadays, we know – we either use an API or, more rarely, some message queue. Unfortunately, many systems in the worldContinue reading
Using Multiple Dynamic Caches With Spring
In a third post about cache managers in spring (over a long period of time), I’d like to expand on the previous two by showing how to configure multiple cacheContinue reading
Low-Code, Rapid Application Development and Digital Transformation
Recently, many low-code/no-code solutions have gained speed in the enterprise, giving non-technical people the option to create simple applications. Analysts predict that the low-code industry will grow by 20+% eachContinue reading
Six Things I Learned from Mr. Robot
Mr. Robot is an amazingly accurate series about a hacker (Elliot Alderson) and his, uhm, undertakings. The series is consulted by many cybersecurity experts and so every hack that happensContinue reading
AWS Alarms for Application Errors
Monitoring is key for any real-world application. You have to know what’s happening and be alerted in real time if something wrong is happening. AWS has CloudWatch for that, andContinue reading
Am I a Real Expert?
The other day I had a conversation with a scientist friend who said something along the lines of “yes, I work in that general field, but I’m not an expertContinue reading