A Java Geek

A Java Geek

Reassessing TestNG vs. Junit

Sep 19, 20216 min read

In my latest blog post, I advised reassessing one's opinion now and then as the IT world changes fast. What was true a couple of years ago could be dead wrong nowadays, and you probably don't want to base your decisions on outdated data. This week, I...

Reassessing TestNG vs. Junit

Annotation-free Spring

Sep 12, 20217 min read

Some, if not most, of our judgments regarding technology stacks come either from third-party opinions or previous experiences. Yet, we seem to be adamant about them. For a long time (and sometimes even now), I've seen posts that detailed how Spring i...

Annotation-free Spring

On metrics

Sep 5, 20217 min read

There's still an ongoing debate whether development in particular and IT, in general, are engineering practices. In all cases, there's no denying that our industry is based on scientific foundations. Most of the organizations I've worked for implemen...

On metrics

On online public speaking

Aug 29, 20215 min read

On March 14th, 2020, I landed home. I had planned the week before to be productive: one talk in Pasadena, two talks in San Francisco, one in Bucharest, and one in Istanbul. Then, on the 16th, I was supposed to fly again to other events. Then, Covid h...

On online public speaking

Free Docker registries

Aug 22, 20212 min read

Since Docker announced that it would remove unused images from Docker Hub, I've been interested in listing places where I could host mine. As it's for personal purposes, I'm interested in free plans. Here's what I found. Provider Private? Monthly ...

Free Docker registries

Updating data files, commits vs. pull requests

Aug 15, 20213 min read

For once, I'm wondering a bit if this post can be helpful to somebody else. I believe my context is pretty specific. Anyway, just in case it might be the case, here it is. My Jet Train project makes use of GTFS. GTFS stands for General Transit Feed S...

Updating data files, commits vs. pull requests