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May 11, 2025 13 minutes read

Career Development

Want to Become a Senior Software Engineer? Do These Things

Let’s discuss practical, day-to-day steps you can take as a professional aspiring to become a Senior Software Engineer or higher. Starting with the basics, deepening your knowledge, proactivity and taking responsibility, you’ll be setup for a better offer

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March 8, 2025 8 minutes read

Java
SpringBoot

How to Configure Testcontainers in Spring Boot 3.x, 2.x and Reactive

Testcontainers allows you to spin up lightweight, disposable containers for databases and more. Enabling running of integrated Spring Boot tests without mocking

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January 23, 2025 2 minutes read

Engineering Management
Career Development
Video

Effective Performance Evaluation for Software Engineers | Team Contribution

The essence of a team is such that the group output is greater than sum of individual outputs. A team where one or two are not contributing will have less output, compared to if ALL members are delivering.

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January 22, 2025 2 minutes read

Engineering Management
Career Development
Video

Effective Performance Evaluation for Software Engineers | A Practical Guide

It is important to effectively evaluate the performance of Software Engineers so that we can promote the qualities that move the company towards achieving its objectives

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December 31, 2024 1 minute read

Java
Video

How to automatically enforce coding standards for a Java codebase with pre-commit

Learn how to automate Java coding standards enforcement using Pre-commit, Precommit4j, and Checkstyle with this step-by-step tutorial

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December 7, 2024 6 minutes read

Career Development

Two Years at Cellulant - My 2024 Career Recap

2024 is a unique and eventful year. Weddings, babies, dealing with legacy systems. A lot of things happen that impacted my career. In this recap, I narrated the challenges, victories and lessons of 2024 that will continue to shape me as an Engineering leader

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October 12, 2024 12 minutes read

Java
SpringBoot

Introduction to Spring Boot

A beginner-friendly guide to Spring Boot, covering project setup, structure, and the use of MVC patterns. Ideal for developers looking to build cloud-native web applications with minimal configuration.

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September 2, 2024 1 minute read

Java
SpringBoot
Video

How to use HTML templates in a Spring Boot application + Freemarker Template Engine

In this video tutorial, we will learn how to find and use free HTML/CSS templates to create stunning user interfaces for a Spring Boot application.

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August 26, 2024 6 minutes read

Java
SpringBoot

How to Automatically Encrypt Sensitive Information in Database Columns

Learn how to automatically encrypt and decrypt sensitive data in your Spring Boot application using AES encryption and JPA Attribute Converters. Protect API keys, client secrets, and other sensitive information stored in your database

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August 10, 2024 10 minutes read

Java
SpringBoot

How to Implement HMAC Signature in Spring Boot for Secure API Requests

Learn how to implement HMAC signature in a Spring Boot application to secure API requests. This step-by-step guide covers project setup, integrating HMAC with Spring Security, and testing with Java.

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Latest Articles

Want to Become a Senior Software Engineer? Do These Things

How to Configure Testcontainers in Spring Boot 3.x, 2.x and Reactive

Effective Performance Evaluation for Software Engineers | Team Contribution

Effective Performance Evaluation for Software Engineers | A Practical Guide

How to automatically enforce coding standards for a Java codebase with pre-commit

Two Years at Cellulant - My 2024 Career Recap

Introduction to Spring Boot

How to use HTML templates in a Spring Boot application + Freemarker Template Engine

How to Automatically Encrypt Sensitive Information in Database Columns

How to Implement HMAC Signature in Spring Boot for Secure API Requests

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