Software Craft
Insights from YOW! 2019
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Tom Hombergs
- December 12, 2019
I visited the YOW! conference in Sydney in December 2019. What better way to persist what I learned than in a blog post?
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Hexagonal Architecture with Java and Spring
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Tom Hombergs
- November 3, 2019
The term “Hexagonal Architecture” has been around for a long time. Long enough that the primary source on this topic has been offline for a while and has only recently been rescued from the archives.
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Immutables in Java - Are Setters Allowed?
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Tom Hombergs
- October 22, 2021
In short, no. Feel free to jump right ahead to the section on bad practices. If you want to read a bit more on the why and how of immutables, have a look at the rest of this article.
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What is Upstream and Downstream in Software Development?
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Tom Hombergs
- September 27, 2018
In the recent past, I stumbled a few times over the definition of the words “upstream” and “downstream” in various software development contexts.
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Build Once, Run Anywhere: Externalize Your Configuration
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Tom Hombergs
- September 9, 2018
Most software that does more than a “hello world” needs to be configured in some way or another in order to function in a certain environment.
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Why You Should Enforce 100% Code Coverage*
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Tom Hombergs
- September 1, 2018
Yeah, I know. Everyone says aiming for 100% code coverage is bullshit. And the way test coverage is usually defined, I fully agree!
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