
Tom Hombergs
As a professional software engineer, consultant, architect, general problem solver, I've been practicing the software craft for more than fifteen years and I'm still learning something new every day. I love sharing the things I learned, so you (and future me) can get a head start. That's why I founded reflectoring.io.
Articles by Tom Hombergs
Building Reusable Mock Modules with Spring Boot
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a codebase that is cut into loosely coupled modules, with each module having a dedicated set of responsibilities?
Read moreBook Notes: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning
TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you want to become a more structured learner you need some tips and tricks on tapping your creativity you want to become more self-aware of your proficiency Book Facts Title: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning Authors: Andy Hunt Word Count: ~ 80.
Read moreManaging Multiple JDK Installations With jEnv
As developers, we’re often working on different codebases at the same time. Especially in environments with microservices, we may be switching codebases multiple times a day.
Read moreBook Notes: Essentialism
TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you feel you’re busy, but not productive you’re stretched thin between many different commitments you need arguments to say “no” to the next person asking you to do something Book Facts Title: Essentialism Authors: Greg McKeown Word Count: ~ 90.
Read moreOptimize Your Dev Loop with Spring Boot Dev Tools
What are you doing when you’ve made a change to a Spring Boot app and want to test it? You probably restart it and go get a coffee or swipe through your Twitter feed until it’s up and running again.
Read moreThe AWS Journey Part 4: Zero-Downtime Deployment with CloudFormation and ECS
The AWS journey started with deploying a Spring Boot application in a Docker container manually and we continued with automatically deploying it with CloudFormation and connecting it to an RDS database instance.
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