The best part of Java 8 is not lambdas for me. It is the fresh date time API that finally reads like human code. The old one turned simple tasks into a maze. Now calls look clean and the intent is obvious. After years of wrestling with Date, Calendar and…
Year: 2015
Testing with Spring: Fast Feedback for Big Systems
Coffee, a red build, and the twenty minute wait Friday night deploy. Fresh coffee. One scary log line. We rolled back in time, but the worst part was not the bug. It was the twenty minute test run to learn what we already suspected. Big Spring apps can feel like…
The evolution of content platforms
Everyone is rebuilding something right now. Sites, apps, emails, the whole content setup. The label on the box keeps changing and the stakes keep climbing. From CMS to something more We started with blog engines and moved into CMS tools that publish pages. Then came stronger web content management with…
Agile that treats people well
Agile can feel like real help or like a fast treadmill. The difference is how we treat people. Let’s talk about Agile that treats people well, where the team is not fuel for a burn chart but the reason the product gets better every week. Most teams I meet are…
Working with Java Streams in Real Projects
Java 8 finally landed on real servers and the Stream API is now part of my daily routine, for good and for weird. I keep meeting teams that tried Java Streams in small scripts and then moved back to loops when the code hit production. The usual reasons are fear…
JVM Languages for real-world teams: Procurement Meets Pragmatism
The coffee was already cold when the email hit the room. Procurement wanted answers by Friday. We had a greenfield project waiting and our Java shop was itching to try something fresh on the JVM. Scala was whispering promises from conference talks. Groovy was friends with our build. A few…
IAM Basics that Prevent Nightmares
Every week I hear a fresh story about an AWS key leak that turned into an all nighter. The pattern is boring by now. Static keys on a laptop. An old repo on GitHub. A forgotten user with full power. Here is the short version from the trenches. Do the…