A Scraping Library
As part of a project I’m working on, I needed to get documents from state institutions. And instead of writing code specific for each site, I decided to try creatingContinue reading
A Serious Flaw of PaaS
PaaS (Platfrom as a Service) is a marketing term for a sandboxed environment where applications can be deployed. The sandbox usually includes a lot of 3rd party software, which canContinue reading
KISS My YAGNI
We are all familiar with the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and YAGNI (You Ain’t Gonna Need It) principles. And yet, overly complicated software is everywhere. Let’s use an applicationContinue reading
A Simple Plugin System for Web Applications
We need to make multiple web-based projects with a lot of shared functionality. For that, some sort of a plugin system would be a good option (as an alternative toContinue reading
Two Types of Deployment for Subsystems
During development you sometimes have a part of the system that is rarely changed, requires a lot of resources, has a lot of prerequisites to run, and/or takes a lotContinue reading
We Don’t Need That Documentation
“We must write more documentation”. Have you heard that? I have, many times in many companies. Most people feel guilty for not writing documentation and agree. I don’t. There areContinue reading
Not an Expert in All Levels of Abstraction
Programming is not just writing code – it is working with a huge pile of abstractions. Starting from zeroes and ones, through processor instructions, memory addresses, low-level network protocols, dataContinue reading
The Point of Knowledge
We read. We watch. We learn. We gain knowledge. What’s the point? The point of knowledge is to allow our imagination to make unexpected connections between more and more elements.Continue reading
Templating For Java Web Applications
A while ago I asked the following question on stackoverflow: “Why would I use a template engine?”. I compared template engines to simple JSP includes. Although I didn’t particularly fancyContinue reading
Login Tokens In Email Links
Your system is probably sending some emails. Sometimes these emails contain links to the public part of the site, sometimes they have links to the authentication-protected part. Either way, ifContinue reading