When You Have A Blockchain, Everything Looks Like a Nail

Blockchain, AI, big data, NoSQL, microservices, single page applications, cloud, SOA. What do these have in common? They have been…

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OWASP Dependency Check Maven Plugin – a Must-Have

I have to admit with a high degree of shame that I didn’t know about the OWASP dependency check maven…

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Using Trusted Timestamping With Java

Trusted timestamping is the process of having a trusted third party (“Time stamping authority”, TSA) certify the time of a…

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The Problem Solver

I’ll start this post with a quote:                     "Every great developer…

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I Still Prefer Eclipse Over IntelliJ IDEA

Over the years I’ve observed an inevitable shift from Eclipse to IntelliJ IDEA. Last year they were almost equal in…

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Enabling Two-Factor Authentication For Your Web Application

It’s almost always a good idea to support two-factor authentication (2FA), especially for back-office systems. 2FA comes in many different…

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Setting Up Cassandra Cluster in AWS

Apache Cassandra is a NoSQL database that allows for easy horizontal scaling, using the consistent hashing mechanism. Seven years ago…

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SecureLogin For Java Web Applications

No, there is not a missing whitespace in the title. It’s not about any secure login, it’s about the SecureLogin…

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Stubbing Key-Value Stores

Every project that has a database has dilemma: how to test database-dependent code. There are several options (not mutually exclusive):…

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