Nicolas Fränkel
A Java Geek

A Java Geek

Nicolas Fränkel

Nicolas Fränkel

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🥑 Developer Advocate @Hazelcast ✍️ Blogger at http://blog.frankel.ch 🎓 Learner 📖 Author of https://leanpub.com/integrationtest

On cosmetics vs. intrinsics in programming

Aug 1, 20223 min read

A ruthless battle occurs every day on the World Wide Web. Its goal is to decide which programming flavor is the best: OOP or FP? I assume that...

On cosmetics vs. intrinsics in programming

Secure your web apps with an API Gateway

Jul 12, 20227 min read

API management solutions, also known as API gateways, are a must in the day and age of APIs. However, once you've set up such a gateway, you can use...

Secure your web apps with an API Gateway

Learning by auditing Kubernetes manifests

Jul 4, 20226 min read

Last year, I spoke at the National DevOps Conference that took place at the British Museum. I had already visited the museum before, but speaking...

Learning by auditing Kubernetes manifests

Hard things in Computer Science

Jun 27, 20228 min read

If you've more than a couple of years of experience in IT, you probably have stumbled upon the following quote: There are only two hard things in...

Hard things in Computer Science

Taking VSCodium for a spin

Jun 20, 20223 min read

As part of my new job on Apache APISIX, I write less Java and Kotlin code. And when I do, the code is really simple. My coding hours (unfortunately...

Taking VSCodium for a spin

What I miss in Java, the perspective of a Kotlin developer

Jun 13, 20227 min read

Java has been my bread and butter for almost two decades. Several years ago, I started to learn Kotlin; I never regretted it. Though Kotlin compiles...

What I miss in Java, the perspective of a Kotlin developer