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Don't use CDATA", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/cdata/", "published_at": "2013-03-20T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd83a3aa4b", "title": "\"To programmize\" (verb)", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/programmizing/", "published_at": "2013-03-19T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd84232c62", "title": "If you're designing a standard library, insist that all map keys are strings", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/map-keys/", "published_at": "2013-03-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd842fd12a", "title": "Don't names classes AbstractThing or ISerializable", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/dont-names-classes-abstractthing-or-iserializable/", "published_at": "2013-02-25T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd84333dfa", "title": "'Futures' are a great addition to the software developer's toolkit", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/futures/", "published_at": "2013-02-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8527cb12", "title": "Always Use a \"default\" Clause in a \"switch\" Statement", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/always-use-a-default-clause-in-a-switch-statement/", "published_at": "2013-02-19T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd860ccedc", "title": "Laptops Come With Android", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/android-on-a-laptop/", "published_at": "2013-02-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8654aa90", "title": "No need to support IE8 any more (even for corporate software)", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/ie8/", "published_at": "2013-02-12T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd86d1a8e6", "title": "Constraint name visibility on MySQL and PostgreSQL", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/constraint-name-visibility-on-mysql-and-postgresql/", "published_at": "2013-02-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd87937f0f", "title": "Put SQL together with the code that uses it", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/inline-sql/", "published_at": "2013-01-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8801ade1", "title": "SMS trailers at Uboot", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/sms-trailers/", "published_at": "2013-01-08T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd88836edd", "title": "Let's rewrite this in Java!", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/rewrite/", "published_at": "2013-01-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd88bc5121", "title": "Email Template", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/email-template/", "published_at": "2013-01-03T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd89a6a3f6", "title": "Store Users' Birth Dates, Not Ages, in the Database", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/age/", "published_at": "2013-01-02T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8a474ba3", "title": "Projects I've taken online in 2012", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/projects-ive-taken-online-in-2012/", "published_at": "2012-12-27T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8b1eb100", "title": "Offer-Ready Publisher", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/offer-ready-publisher/", "published_at": "2012-12-24T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8b4770a4", "title": "New design for mobilreport", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/mobilreport-new-design/", "published_at": "2012-12-21T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8bf729c2", "title": "United Youth Symbol Page", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/united-youth-symbol-page/", "published_at": "2012-12-17T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8c2990bf", "title": "Strong Passwords: Education not enforcement", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/strong-passwords-education-not-enforcement/", "published_at": "2012-12-16T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8cf101e4", "title": "How to generate \"svn info \\-\\-xml\" from Java code", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/svn-info-xml-progrmatically/", "published_at": "2012-12-12T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8d2d741d", "title": "Promotional material for mobilreport", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/mobilreport-video/", "published_at": "2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8d90ab1d", "title": "Whatchado interview", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/whatchado/", "published_at": "2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8de9a3a9", "title": "The Importance of Security Updates", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/security-updates/", "published_at": "2012-12-09T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8edbdf46", "title": "If you're using MySQL, always choose InnoDB over MyISAM", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/mysql-performance-myisam-or-innodb/", "published_at": "2012-11-16T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd8fb604a0", "title": "Using Ubuntu at home", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/ubuntu/", "published_at": "2012-11-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd9019f419", "title": "Surprisingly, \"\\-\\-\" is not allowed inside XML comments", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/double-hyphen-in-xml-comments/", "published_at": "2012-10-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08768-7143-7156-8282-41bd908f658b", "title": "Underscores in numbers", "url": "https://www.databasesandlife.com/underscores-in-numbers/", "published_at": "2012-04-26T00:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Solving the "pop" problem on my B&W ASW608 subwooferoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2026
Avoid aligning keys and values in source code unnecessarilyoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2026

2023

Send message with an "ordering key" to GCP Pub/Sub via "Spring Integration"original ↗
7 Feb 2023
Spring `Properties``Loader``Utils``.``load``All``Properties` overrides properties in wrong orderoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2023

2021

Git loses untracked files during "stash" if there are confictsoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2021
Debian 10 box in Vagrant fails with `grub` errororiginal ↗
9 Feb 2021
How to determine the hostname for absolute linksoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2021

2020

On Transitioning from Software Developer to Architectoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2020

2019

Turning off my server with 1.5k days uptimeoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2019
Saving and Loading XML to PostgreSQL via jOOQoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2019
The "backspace" key on the keyboard should delete the last character you typedoriginal ↗
31 May 2019
Use the "Repeatable Read” Isolation Level on PostgreSQLoriginal ↗
29 May 2019
"Activation" library missing when sending email from Jetty on JDK11 despite library included via Mavenoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2019
Why is my Java software only using one core, on my multi-core AWS ECS Docker instance?original ↗
10 Apr 2019
How to set username and password when consuming a SOAP service with Springoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2019
If you receive `null` for every attribute to your SOAP requests in Spring, after upgrading JDK, this is what you need to dooriginal ↗
15 Mar 2019
Anonymous Types and Java 10 varoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2019
Suggestion Drop-Downs Being Confused with Other Fieldsoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2019
art.world Retrospectiveoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2019

2018

Improve code readability by putting spaces around the "not" symboloriginal ↗
16 Aug 2018
What is Resource Leveling and Why Do You Need it?original ↗
16 Aug 2018
Project Management tools that offer "Resource Leveling"original ↗
15 Aug 2018
Scrum stand-ups prevent you from doing your best work, and they do that every dayoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2018
Avoid Vendor Lock-in When Sending Emails by Using SMTPoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2018
How to prevent Jetty, deployed via Docker on AWS ECS, behind an AWS ELB, redirecting from secure HTTPS to insecure HTTPoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2018
Change Git Line Endingsoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2018
Best Practices For Invoice UXoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2018
Prefer Lombok's `@SneakyThrows` to rethrowing checked exceptions as `RuntimeException`soriginal ↗
29 Mar 2018
On writing deadlock-free and composable softwareoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2018
How to e.g. change Java package name, over all revisions, while preserving Git historyoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2018

2017

Use the telephone for outgoing requests, email for incoming requestsoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2017
Use Mutually Understandable Names for Priorities in Project Management Toolsoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2017
Avoid using out-of-date operating system images in Docker by always using the `docker build --pull`original ↗
6 Sept 2017
Java Exceptions naming convention: `Exception`original ↗
16 May 2017
What language should be taught as the first language on a university computer science degree course?original ↗
4 May 2017
Unit testing code that needs data in a databaseoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2017
Survive being hacked by using _write-only_ backupsoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2017
Reduce bugs by: not using `toString()`original ↗
20 Feb 2017
Handle errors gracefully by offering *idempotent* APIsoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2017
How to include draw.io diagrams into LyX documentsoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2017

2016

The craziest "undo" algorithm you've never heard oforiginal ↗
23 Sept 2016
Blog re-design 2016original ↗
12 Sept 2016
Don't leave old out-of-date code commented out; just delete itoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2016

2015

Persistent Login (the "remember me" checkbox)original ↗
17 Oct 2015
As a Customer, I Want To See Up-to-Date Costs I've Incurred, Using a Web Applicationoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2015
"Facebook Background Task Host" consuming 100% disk bandwidthoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2015
"Leaving out the best bit" project management anti-patternoriginal ↗
30 May 2015
How to install Percona MySQL 5.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS from a script (i.e. without an interactive prompt for the mysql root password)original ↗
14 May 2015
Avoid adding "drive-by formatting changes" to commitsoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2015
Business and Work 2014original ↗
7 Jan 2015

2014

Parameter ordering: Destinations on the leftoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2014
How to send email programatically from Java to easyname's SMTP serveroriginal ↗
21 Aug 2014
Forward Agentsoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2014
Sexy girlsoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2014
An encoding for newline you've never heard oforiginal ↗
18 Aug 2014
My PC's doororiginal ↗
5 Aug 2014
Algorithm: Recognizing URLs within plain text, and displaying them as clickable links in HTML, in Wicketoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2014
Bug Analysis: Some Checkboxes Get Myseriously Deselected Some of the Timeoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2014
newestoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2014
Time wastersoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2014
Successful project management with Liquid Planneroriginal ↗
9 Jan 2014
Business 2013original ↗
3 Jan 2014

2013

Solved: Jetty doesn't show errors on web application start-uporiginal ↗
23 Dec 2013
Wrap IDs in objectsoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2013
"New Game!!!": Great email exchange from my flatshareoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2013
If you make a mistake, you should get a pay riseoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2013
If you're going to change databases, do it in one gooriginal ↗
25 Jun 2013
Minimal password security is gained from case-sensitivityoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2013
The original author of code should fix its bugs, and they should do that before writing more codeoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2013
Don't use string constants when writing SQL statements in codeoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2013
Are Java enum values instances or classes?original ↗
13 Apr 2013
PostgreSQL vs MySQL "update" differenceoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2013
Religious arguments, fear of the unknownoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2013
Generating XML programmatically? Don't use CDATAoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2013
"To programmize" (verb)original ↗
19 Mar 2013
If you're designing a standard library, insist that all map keys are stringsoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2013
Don't names classes AbstractThing or ISerializableoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2013
'Futures' are a great addition to the software developer's toolkitoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2013
Always Use a "default" Clause in a "switch" Statementoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2013
Laptops Come With Androidoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2013
No need to support IE8 any more (even for corporate software)original ↗
12 Feb 2013
Constraint name visibility on MySQL and PostgreSQLoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2013
Put SQL together with the code that uses itoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2013
SMS trailers at Ubootoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2013
Let's rewrite this in Java!original ↗
4 Jan 2013
Email Templateoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2013
Store Users' Birth Dates, Not Ages, in the Databaseoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2013

2012

Projects I've taken online in 2012original ↗
27 Dec 2012
Offer-Ready Publisheroriginal ↗
24 Dec 2012
New design for mobilreportoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2012
United Youth Symbol Pageoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2012
Strong Passwords: Education not enforcementoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2012
How to generate "svn info \-\-xml" from Java codeoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2012
Promotional material for mobilreportoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2012
Whatchado intervieworiginal ↗
10 Dec 2012
The Importance of Security Updatesoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2012
If you're using MySQL, always choose InnoDB over MyISAMoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2012
Using Ubuntu at homeoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2012
Surprisingly, "\-\-" is not allowed inside XML commentsoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2012
Underscores in numbersoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2012
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