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4,534 viewsChopping the Monolith: Foojay.io Today
In this article, I highlight that microservices, as presented at conferences, are doomed to fail in most organizations.
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4,178 viewsHow To Beautify Your GitHub Repo
Time to spruce up your GitHub! In this article, I want to highlight some files that you can use to beautify your GitHub repository.
Nicolas Frankel
5,600 viewsHandling Null: Optional and Nullable Types
Java is infamous for its NullPointerException: calling a method or accessing an attribute of an object that has not been initialized.
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4,391 viewsAPISIX: An API Gateway the Apache Way
Starting with Apache APISIX as your API Gateway is easy as pie. Use Docker, with the APISIX and etcd images, and off you go.
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3,087 viewsError Handling in Java and Across Different Languages
In this post, I'd like to describe how a couple of popular languages cope with errors. Get started here for an overview of errors …
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2,960 viewsLessons learned from previous projects
This article discusses our shifting thought process on the notion that our practices, which were once considered good practices, can fade …
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3,951 viewsAlternatives to DTO
I used to believe (and still do) that DTOs should be a thing of the past. Yet, it seems their usage is still widespread.
Nicolas Frankel
2,763 viewsAvoiding Stringly-typed in Kotlin
It is more beneficial to use sealed and value class instead of enumerations in Kotlin; let’s find out why.
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3,501 viewsSystem Logger
Almost all Java developers are familiar with logging frameworks like Log4j, but not the System.Logger that has been available since java 9.
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6,027 viewsBackpressure in Reactive Systems
Considering a fast data producer and a slow data consumer, backpressure "pushes back" on the producer, not to be overwhelmed by data.