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winget – Windows is not that bad

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…

By Dawid Kotarba, 2 months13/04/2023 ago
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Make your documentation awesome with PlantUML!

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…

By Dawid Kotarba, 8 months11/10/2022 ago
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Delivering high-quality software – a code review

Other posts in the “Delivering high-quality software” series: 1. Delivering high-quality software – a clean code 2. Delivering high-quality software – a code review A proper process of code review is another part required to deliver software that not only “works” but also evolves correctly. Doing a code review is Read more…

By Dawid Kotarba, 1 year02/12/2021 ago
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Dev tips no. 3 – No-hello policy

This is another productivity advice that I do not hear often. It is easy to apply and makes a difference for others as well. It is a “No-hello policy”, pretty well described here: No-hello Policy: How not be annoying. The rule is simple – if we want to ask someone Read more…

By Dawid Kotarba, 3 years11/11/2020 ago
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  1. Dawid Kotarba on Oracle Cloud Free Tier – too good to be true?31/05/2023

    Hi Ariq, thanks! For me, the 25% of CPU usage did the trick. However, once I got the first "idle…

  2. Ariq on Oracle Cloud Free Tier – too good to be true?31/05/2023

    Thanks for detailed tutorial man! I recently received a „reclamation of idle compute” email, so I came across Google and…

  3. Dawid Kotarba on IntelliJ plugins that will speed you up – my battle-tested collection for 202106/04/2023

    Thanks! I will try that!

  4. Gary on IntelliJ plugins that will speed you up – my battle-tested collection for 202106/04/2023

    If you’re searching for a plugin to manage your CI directly from IntelliJ. It works with many CI providers like…

  5. Dawid Kotarba on Oracle Cloud Free Tier – too good to be true?25/02/2023

    Hi! I have updated this section with a few more images with examples. Hopefully, it is more understandable now.

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