Don't write tests against configuration
Why writing tests against production configuration is usually not that good idea and what to do instead. …
Read moreWhere to put application configuration?
What is a good approach to configuration? I will compare drawbacks/benefits of externalizing config vs hardcoding config in code. …
Read moreWhat is a good size for a microservice?
To be able to answer that we should start from a different question: what kind of problems we believe smaller/independently deployable codebases solve better than a monolithic codebase with a single deployment unit? I think there are two main problems microservices can help solving: runtime scaling iteration speed Depending …
Read moreBuilding modular apps using Spring
When looking at most of the sample applications and code examples for Spring framework it may seem that everything should be defined as a bean. However, if we want to achieve nicely modular design then we should try to do the exact opposite - have each module expose as little …
Read moreHibernate and Domain Model Design
When I first learned about Hibernate about 12 years ago (I guess just about when it was at its peak) I found it to be one of the coolest libraries ever created. Hibernate made it possible to use OOD in practice! Build complex domain model graphs that were not only …
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