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Software Development
Software Architectural Decision Making
A common question I get asked is “How do I make architectural decisions?” and my standard answer is “it depends”.…
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Agile
Creating Milestones with Iteration-Based Agile
I’ve been coaching several teams with a problem: they like to work in iterations. And, they have milestones that are…
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Software Development
The Patterns of the Antipatterns: Architecture
We have been always looking for the best ways to architect our applications and platforms so they are maintainable, extensible,…
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DevOps
Docker Monitoring: 5 Methods for Monitoring Java Applications in Docker
What are some of the most useful methods to monitor Java applications in Docker containers? Running applications in containers is…
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Core Java
Java Command-Line Interfaces (Part 7): JCommander
This is the seventh post in my series that briefly introduces various libraries for processing command-line arguments in Java. This…
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Core Java
Java Command-Line Interfaces (Part 6): JOpt Simple
The main web page for JOpt Simple calls this Java-based library “a Java library for parsing command line options, such…
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Enterprise Java
Apache Ignite with Spring Data
Spring Data provides a unified and easy way to access the different kinds of persistence store, both relational database systems, and…
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Software Development
Creating Your Own Package in Go
A package in Go is a namespace that organizes a set of related files. We can think of packages as…
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Enterprise Java
Instrumenting Java Web Applications without Modifying their Source Code
Most Java Web applications use standard Java interfaces when interacting with other systems. HTTP-based services like Web-pages or REST servers…
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