1. Introduction For many software applications, communicating with external services is necessary to complete their tasks. Whether sending messages or consuming APIs, most applications rely on other systems to function properly.As more and more users move their applications into Kubernetes, providing…
All professionals practice their art by engaging in skill-sharpening exercises. Musicians rehearse scales. Football players run through tires. Doctors practice sutures and surgical techniques. Lawyers practice arguments. Soldiers rehearse missions. When performance matters, professionals practice. SOME BACKGROUND ON PRACTICING Practicing…
No team can function well without a leader, where engineering is almost exclusively a team endeavor. A Manager is a leader of people, whereas a Tech Lead leads technology efforts. Although the responsibilities of these two roles require similar planning skills, they require quite…
With Java < 8, you would need to write something like: Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, cal.get(Calendar.HOUR) + 2);vs. with Java 8: Readability: Calendar.getInstance() is not very well named: it is hard to tell which instance you are getting without reading…
