Learn how to speed up your Spring Batch jobs using GraalVM Native Image! 🚀 Discover how to compile batch apps into native executables for faster startup times (0.2s vs 4s), lower memory usage, and better performance. Perfect for CSV-to-PostgreSQL processing! Speed up your Spring Batch with Native Image and GraalVM
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The Home Assistant Model
Home Assistant (home-assistant.io) is a massive beast. It can be overwhelming for a newcomer; it was for me. In this article, I want to describe the underlying model of Home Assistant, which is a good entry point for your home …
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Why Home Assistant
Last June, I spoke at Berlin Buzzwords. In all honesty, I rarely attend others’ talks for a variety of reasons: lack of time, lack of energy, no interest in the proposed subjects, etc. When I do, I go either for …
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Prevent LDAP injection in Java with SpringBoot
In this article, we dive into the basics of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)—a powerful protocol used to manage directory information like user authentication, authorization, and centralized account management in IT systems. 🌐👨💻
We also explore LDAP Injection, a common security vulnerability 🛡️ where attackers manipulate LDAP queries to:
⚠️ Bypass authentication
⚠️ Access unauthorized data
⚠️ Modify directory entriesLearn how these attacks work, the risks they pose, and, most importantly, how to protect your systems with secure coding practices like input sanitization and parameterized queries. ✅💻
Whether you’re an IT professional, developer, or just curious about cybersecurity, this article is your crash course on LDAP and LDAP Injection! 🚀✨
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Task Schedulers in Java: Modern Alternatives to Quartz Scheduler
Quartz is often considered the standard job scheduling library in Java, which can lead developers to overlook more modern alternatives. For a long time, Quartz, also known as Quartz Scheduler, was the only viable open-source task scheduler in Java. In …
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strace Revisited: Simple is Beautiful
Understanding strace and its Origins A Look Back: strace and dtrace Originating from Sun Microsystems Technical Functioning of strace The Role of ptrace in strace Comparing with DTrace Practical Usage and Advantages Ease of Use and Accessibility Favored in Linux …
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Langchain4J Musings
I’m coming relatively late to the LLM party, but I rarely come very early in the hype cycle. For example, I never bought into blockchain, the solution still searching for problems to solve, nor in microservices, the latest in the …
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Build and Run TornadoVM with IntelliJ IDEA
TornadoVM is an open-source Java technology that is developed to aid Java programmers in adapting their code bases for hardware acceleration. This blog aims to explain how Java programmers can build TornadoVM with IntelliJ IDEA, and how they can run …
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Crafting Your Own Railway Display with Java!
Have you fancied to have your own railway display at home? If you love traveling by public transport and always jump on the train just before the door closes like us, it’s really cool and highly efficient to have your …
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Summary of the AJAX Frameworks Comparison
In previous weeks, I’ve analyzed several libraries and frameworks that augment the client with AJAX capabilities. Vue.js Alpine.js HTMX Vaadin In this post, I’ll compare them across several axes. Analysis Frontend skills:Remember that I started this series from the point …
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Spring Boot: Java Template Engine (JTE)
Hello to all Java and Spring enthusiasts. I am the Java Template Engine, a fresh newcomer to the Spring Initializer Ecosystem. I have gained popularity as a template engine for developing user interface applications that use Java syntax within Spring …
