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  • Meta

    Reflectoring Review 2021 - Growing Slowly

    It’s the time of the year again when I reflect about the Reflectoring year (pun intended). In this article, I share a bit about my successes and failures as a creator of code, text, and (coming up) a SaaS product.

    Tom Hombergs January 2, 202215 min read
  • Spring Boot

    Complete Guide to Spring RestTemplate

    REST-styled APIs are all around us. Many applications need to invoke REST APIs for some or all of their functions. Hence for applications to function gracefully, they need to consume APIs elegantly and consistently.

    Pratik Das December 29, 202115 min read
  • Simplify

    Be Scrappy, Not Crappy

    It’s not so long ago that I learned the term “scrappy”. Someone was looking to build a “scrappy” team of software engineers to build the next big thing, and build it fast.

    Tom Hombergs December 12, 20214 min read
  • Spring Boot

    How to Internationalize a Spring Boot Application

    Internationalization is the process of making an application adaptable to multiple languages and regions without major changes in the source code.

    Pratik Das December 4, 202113 min read
  • Java

    Java Features from Java 8 to Java 17

    A lot has changed in Java from its beginnings in 1995 until today. Java 8 was a revolutionary release that put Java back on the pedestal of the best programming languages.

    Mateo Stjepanović November 29, 202123 min read
  • Java

    Creating Hashes in Java

    A hash is a piece of text computed with a cryptographic hashing function. It is used for various purposes mainly in the security realm like securely storing sensitive information and safeguarding data integrity.

    Pratik Das November 14, 202110 min read