What Grabbed My Attention — Apr 20, 2024

Here are a few (random) items that grabbed my attention this week, 14 Apr — 20 Apr 2024. These are headlines, articles, blog posts, news and anything that interested me in the past week. Enjoy.

DALL·E

Java / Spring / JVM

• Stream Gatherers — a new Java 22 preview feature that looks super interesting. Part 2 here.
• Java 23 Features — Java keeps evolving and it is great to see what is coming.

GoLang / Rust/ Python / UI / Web

• Rust const Currying — a little known way to model your functions for increasing performance.
• Build a Go CLI Application — a good walk through while creating a useful utility.

Cloud / K8 / Containers / Platform / Serverless

• Replacing Docker with Nix — a unique approach for setting up a local development environment.
• Deploy An Application to AKS — Step by step guide to Azure Kubernetes Service and deploying an application.
• Kubernetes Components Explained — a little K8 architecture and definitions.
• Build A Newsletter Using SES and Serverless — total coverage of an area we all face as a requirement at some point. Email sending.

AI / ML

• Spring AI to Query Relational Databases — introduction on how to use Spring AI to query a DB from text input.

Database / Integration / Messaging / API / Search / Devops

• Postgres Roles & Privileges — a handy follow along guide/tutorial.
• Build a CI/CD Pipeline Using Github Actions — step by step guide with a lot of great information.
• Snowflake ETL with Kafka — an architectural perspective on using Kafka with Snowflake

Architecture

• Guide to Git — titled Guide to Git I Never Had” and would probably be a great intro (or refresher) for new team members.
• C4 Model and Structurizr — guide to using Structrizr to generate and review architecture diagrams.

And the Rest…

• Clean Code Principles — a series of principles for software development that are hard to argue with.
• Wireshark and tcpdump — nice article on these useful tools. When you need them, this would be great to have bookmarked.

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