If 2025 were to be a movie, the classic, Shoot ‘Em Up, captures my career experience. It started as planned and then got interrupted by high-stake projects. I recorded some career milestones, major technical achievements, and learnt some lessons
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
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.
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
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.
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
Delegating without empowering is a recipe for disappointment. Show your team members how to do the task at hand and your job becomes easier
Testcontainers allows you to spin up lightweight, disposable containers for databases and more. Enabling running of integrated Spring Boot tests without mocking
Learn how to automate Java coding standards enforcement using Pre-commit, Precommit4j, and Checkstyle with this step-by-step tutorial
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.
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.
In this tutorial, we are going to look at how to download bootstrap and jquery locally and use them to in our project even when we don’t have internet
Here is a curation of the different technologies that power the web and the ones you should learn to make a living as a web developer
In life, very few things trump “I’ve done it before”, this is how to get a 5 years worth of experience in 3 and maximise your employment
Life can be tough, great men do fall. Whatever comes our way, we must not quit for many - known and unknown - are dependent on our success
Being able to read log files on a production server can boost the quality of your emergency readiness and response. Read on to learn how.
This is a recap of how I moved from Laragon 2 to v3, my mistakes and how you can avoid them. Plus undocumented changes I discovered
Interacting with the Formstack API v2 just got better with this new fstackapi_php library. We’ll use it to submit form dynamically and more
Sometimes the coins make all the difference - between those who took-off and those who crash on the runway of entrepreneurship. The hustler’s poem
This article shows how to create a Spring Boot app that requires API key for an endpoint using Spring Security. We also demonstrate how to combine this with other authentication mechanisms in the same codebase.
Testcontainers allows you to spin up lightweight, disposable containers for databases and more. Enabling running of integrated Spring Boot tests without mocking
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.
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.
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
Testcontainers allows you to spin up lightweight, disposable containers for databases and more. Enabling running of integrated Spring Boot tests without mocking
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.
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
Learn how to automate Java coding standards enforcement using Pre-commit, Precommit4j, and Checkstyle with this step-by-step tutorial
In life, very few things trump “I’ve done it before”, this is how to get a 5 years worth of experience in 3 and maximise your employment
This article explains the MVC design pattern in a simple and easy to understand manner. We explored the Model, View and Controller component separately with a diagram to show the flow of a typical HTTP request in a MVC web application