Hi everybody,I just got a friendly reminder – an annual HR talk with my boss – that my graduation is now more than two years in the past.Time again to reflect upon what I learned during the last two years and how that differs from what I expected. What I expected from my first Job … Read moreWhat nobody tells you when you get your first Job as a Developer
When I joined my current employer we were operating a full blown Monolith with around 20k lines of code. The Monolith was serving an Android and iOS Application which both were also developed within the team. We migrated from that Monolith to Microservice architecture. This article is about our Journey. Also: This is my first … Read moreWhat Two Years With Microservices Taught Me
What have Demons and flaky Tests in common? I think a lot. Demons haunt you while you are living your life. They also corrupting the soul of their targets. Ok, maybe I exaggerated just a bit. Still if you more deeply about this comparison, there is a grain of truth in it. Corrupting Tests are … Read moreFlaky Tests and other Demons
Do you know that feeling? You have a webservice dependency which is not having the best uptime? My team at work certainly has, and thought that it was time for a change. This whole article is written as a tutorial. You can find the code on the GitHub Repository. Status Quo and Evolution: As depicted … Read moreHow We Made Our Spring Boot Applications More Robust with Redis Cache and Spring AOP
A lot of things you need to know as a Software developer depend on the technologies you work with. This should be a general article and therefore it shouldn’t get into too much detail about language or technology specific things. Depending on what you are currently working on or with, there might be quite some different factors. But let’s talk about the general points which I found helpful in the past
Not sure if I am writing this article for the broader public or only myself. I guess at least this could be a fun read for myself in about a year or so. During the last few months I got a few suggestive comments from a few people that they are actively hiring. Due to … Read moreWhy I passed on a 55% higher salary
Preword: This article is about failing runtime dependencies mostly in form of external (Web)API calls. During the last weeks at work, I had to learn this the hard way:Dependencies are screwing you over and over again. You may ask “why?” and for the reasons causing my bitter sentiment. In fact, they are basic. I am … Read moreWhy runtime dependencies are *****ing you over and over again
At work, we are using Code Reviews. Everybody knows what a Code Review is, everybody does them (at least I hope you all do). But if you spent some time to talk with people about Code Reviews, everybody has its own opinion on what a good Code Review should include or how to do Code … Read moreCode Review Best Practices