I moved out of Windows completely more than a decade ago. Basically, I was considering Windows as slow (hard drive format required every year), insecure (malware present in every pendrive I got from my friends), and unstable (frequent BSODs without any reason). It was also costly – over 100 euros Read more…
Have you ever had a task to write something commonly used in a company (like an authentication mechanism) for your greenfield project, but there was nobody to ask for hints how to connect to a corporate infrastructure? You checked with a couple of teams and discovered that the most experienced Read more…
A properly monitored application can make life much easier, especially if something goes wrong in the production environment. Without the ability to see measurements related to resource utilization (like heap space, CPU usage, disk space, active threads, GC pauses, HTTP requests, and so on) it is pretty challenging to understand Read more…
Some time ago, I briefly described one pretty useful Python tool that can draw fantastic diagrams from code: Draw architecture diagrams like a boss! There is yet another tool I can recommend – PlantUML. Despite the initial release in 2009, I have not heard about this tool for a long Read more…
For many years I was searching for a tool that could help me to build my knowledge database (and categorize notes or documents). Each application had its pros and cons. Among others, I used mostly Google Keep (fast, simple, searchable), Notion (powerful but slow for me), OneNote (generally good but Read more…
I am always grateful when I see any architecture diagram once I join a new project. A picture is better than a thousand words. A well-designed diagram can quickly enlighten us about the architecture of the project. The more we see such diagrams in the company we work for, the Read more…
A few years ago, my team started to write ADRs. We had several green projects and we were all responsible for the architecture of these new systems. We had also the ability to choose the tech stack – at least to some extent. Obviously, we did not want to contaminate Read more…
In my recent post, I described how cool is the Free Tier in the Oracle Cloud – we can for example spawn a pretty strong ARM server and use it for free (see Oracle Cloud Free Tier – too good to be true? for more details). While I was using Read more…
Cloud-related topics are trendy for many years. There is no escape from that and sooner or later, every dev will need to get familiar at least with the key concepts. Yes, I know there are DevOps teams for that, and I have already heard complaints from developers that the maintenance Read more…
The 3-2-1 backup rule I guess we all know this saying and I guess all of us have already advanced from type 2 to type 1 a long ago: There are two types of people : People who do backup People who will start doing backup — Author: life, for Read more…