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Migrating code from one Git repository to another while keeping the history

Published on 2024-08-19 - Updated on 2023-08-19

Step-by-step guide on how to migrate code between Git repositories while keeping your history.

Troubleshooting - AWS SDK does not find credentials

Published on 2024-08-18 - Updated on 2023-08-18

Troubleshooting tips in case the AWS SDK fails to locate your credentials.

Configure your macOS command-line for a smoother development experience

Published on 2024-01-07 - Updated on 2024-01-07

As a developer you spent lots of time working within the command-line, this guide shows you some ways in which you can customize yours.

Creating a Liquibase baseline

Published on 2023-09-17 - Updated on 2023-09-17

Explains how to set up your baseline database schema if you didn’t use Liquibase from the start.

Authenticate with REST API using Camel REST DSL

Published on 2023-08-22 - Updated on 2023-08-22

Describes one way of authenticating against a REST API using Apache Camel’s Processors.

Running Testcontainers with Podman on macOS

Published on 2023-08-18 - Updated on 2023-08-18

Describes how to run Testcontainers on macOS with Podman by changing a few configuration settings.

Terraform refactoring - Extract module

Published on 2023-08-16 - Updated on 2023-08-16

Explains how you can safely extract resources to a module in Terraform.

Terraform refactoring - Renaming resources

Published on 2023-08-14 - Updated on 2023-08-16

Explains how you can safely rename resources in Terraform.

Python best practices

Published on 2023-08-04 - Updated on 2023-08-04

Best practices to apply when working with Python projects.

Hide scrollbar when printing a web page

Published on 2023-08-03 - Updated on 2023-08-03

A code snippet to deal with vertical scrollbars appearing when printing a web page.

Ethics & software development

Published on 2023-08-02 - Updated on 2023-08-02

My personal opinion on the principles of ethical software development.

The business comes first

Published on 2023-08-01 - Updated on 2023-08-01

My personal opinion on why software developers should think starting from the business context.

Cloud SQL Auth Proxy

Published on 2023-06-29 - Updated on 2023-08-07
Part of Working with Cloud SQL

Tutorial on how to use the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy to establish secure connections to Cloud SQL instances.

What is CRaC?

Published on 2023-06-08 - Updated on 2023-08-07

A quick 2-minute explanation of the goals of CRaC and why it works.

Securely connecting to Cloud SQL using the MySQL Client

Published on 2023-05-30 - Updated on 2023-08-07
Part of Working with Cloud SQL

Tutorial on how to use the MySQL Client to securely connect to Cloud SQL instances.

Enforcing SSL

Published on 2023-05-20 - Updated on 2023-07-20
Part of Working with Cloud SQL

Tutorial on how to configure a Cloud SQL instance to disallow unencrypted connections.

Equals and LIKE operators treat trailing spaces differently in MySQL

Published on 2021-06-02 - Updated on 2023-04-04

Explains how the LIKE and ‘=’ operators deal with trailing spaces in MySQL.

Comparing NULL values in MySQL

Published on 2021-06-02 - Updated on 2022-09-09

Explains how MySQL treats NULL as unknown and treats it differently in comparison operations.

When should you use the Java “final” keyword?

Published on 2021-05-02 - Updated on 2022-09-09

A detailed look at the “final” keyword in Java and some ideas on how and when it should be used.

Using HTTP/2 in your Spring Boot application

Published on 2020-02-01 - Updated on 2022-09-09

Enabling HTTP/2 in Spring Boot is easy, this tutorial shows you how to set it up in just a couple of minutes.