Rethinking Software Ownership: The Shift from Cloud to Local-First Solutions
The Verge’s article explores the concept of self-hosting and local-first software, presenting an intriguing perspective on software usage’s current and future state. The author’s journey with self-hosting reveals the challenges and potential of moving away from cloud services to more personal and controlled computing environments. The Challenge of Self-Hosting The […]
Navigating Uncharted Tech Terrain: The Unique Challenges of a Startup CTO
The role of a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in a startup is markedly different from that in an established company. It’s a journey filled with unique challenges and opportunities, requiring a blend of technical prowess, strategic thinking, and entrepreneurial spirit. 1. Wearing Multiple Hats: In a startup, the CTO often […]
10 Java Frameworks Paving the Way in the Cloud-Native World
In the contemporary era of cloud computing, the demand for scalable, robust, and efficient frameworks is ever-increasing. With its mature ecosystem, Java offers many frameworks adept at meeting the challenges of a cloud-native world. We are reviewing ten Java frameworks instrumental in building cloud-native applications, revolutionizing how we perceive and […]
Maven: The Build Automation Tool That Will Make Your Life Easier
Maven is an open-source build automation tool that automates software projects’ building, testing, and deploying. It is a popular tool that is used by millions of developers around the world. What is Maven? Maven is based on a concept called declarative build scripting. This means you can specify the steps […]
Maven In Java and Repositories
Maven in Java Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. Maven can also build and manage projects written in C#, Ruby, Scala, and other languages. Maven addresses two aspects of building software: how software is built and its dependencies. It simplifies the build process like ANT. But it is too much more advanced […]
Spring Cloud Stream: The Future of Distributed Messaging and Stream Processing
Spring Cloud Stream is a framework for building highly scalable event-driven microservices connected with shared messaging systems. The framework provides a flexible programming model built on already established and familiar Spring idioms and best practices, including support for persistent pub/sub semantics, consumer groups, and stateful partitions. Binder Implementations Spring Cloud […]
Client Side Load Balancer: Ribbon
Ribbon is a client-side load balancer that gives you much control over the behavior of HTTP and TCP clients. Feign already uses Ribbon, so, if you use @FeignClient, this section also applies. A central concept in Ribbon is that of the named client. Each load balancer is part of an ensemble […]
Declarative REST Client: Feign
Feign is a declarative web service client. It makes writing web service clients easier. To use Feign create an interface and annotate it. It has pluggable annotation support, including Feign annotations and JAX-RS annotations. Feign also supports pluggable encoders and decoders. Spring Cloud adds support for Spring MVC annotations and for […]