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“Java by Comparison” leads the reader through 70 examples into software-craftship. Each example compares a snipped of typical “unclean” code with a “clean” replacement, including a short discussion about the reasoning.

Wouldn’t it be cool having something like find ... | xargs -L100 --show-progress-bar ...? Unfortunately this feature does not exist in xargs. This article explains how the same result can be achieved by other means.

While amending my website for GDPR compliance, I noticed how dated it really is. Thus in the background I am working on a new solution.

Wow, this amazing 34 hours video course Spring Framework 5: Beginner to Guru (with SpringBoot 2.0) is really quite massive! Learning almost full time, it took me a little over 2 weeks to work through. Ok, I admit, I only really completed ~99% because I skipped a few cookbook goodies which are currently completely irrelevant for me.

For my new freelance project I need to carrying my notebook PC around to and from the clients project office. Unfortunately my business notebook PC is too clumsy (16"), thick (4cm) and heavy (~2.2kg) for such. Thus, I was looking for a new ultra light notebook PC which is still well usable for software development (mostly Java with Eclipse IDE …