Nik CanvininNikCanvinUsing cloud-native microservices to automate a common business problem (gather/report metrics in…This blog focuses on why and how (easy) cloud-native microservices where used to solve business automation needs. If you’re more…3 min read·Jun 23, 2020----
Nik CanvininNikCanvinConsolidating and reporting metrics from Github, Twitter, YouTube and othersEver wanted to collect, combine, analyse and report metrics form Twitter / YouTube / Github and figure out if your efforts to advocate…3 min read·Jun 23, 2020----
Nik CanvininNikCanvinHow to develop/update a docker microservice in a Git repoUsing a pre-existing ‘get-data’ microservice stored in a Git repo, to show an easy way to make a change, run/test it locally and push it…4 min read·Jun 12, 2020----
Nik CanvininNikCanvinHow to securely use passwords/tokens to access other services in cloud-native applicationsI needed my docker app to read/write data to other services using their access authentication. Here’s how I did it securely without giving…3 min read·Apr 27, 2020----
Nik CanvinincodewindTesting my applications on the next Node.js version (right now, it’s v14)As another new Node.js LTS version comes out (v14 this time), I wanted to test my Node.js investments against it, ultimately aiming to…5 min read·Apr 21, 2020----
Nik CanvinincodewindJDK 14 is coming, but will my Java application run on it?well, … NO… as it turns out… for my specific application at least, here’s how I tested against JDK14, then found, debugged and fixed as…4 min read·Mar 18, 2020----
Nik CanvininNikCanvinLegal work required to release a complicated Eclipse project like CodewindFor each four weekly release of Eclipse Codewind, the project must clear usage of every new open source dependency with the Eclipse IP…8 min read·Jan 20, 2020----
Nik CanvininNikCanvinHow to build a docker microservice application and deploy to OpenshiftA simple way to build and deploy a dockerised application to Openshift.2 min read·Jan 17, 2020----
Nik CanvininNikCanvinNode.js sub-dependencies licenses pain points and some invaluable relief ..Working as a software project manager for the last 2 years on an offering which uses 1000s of open source packages and releases every four…2 min read·Nov 12, 2019----
Nik CanvinA simple way to check the health of your Node.js applicationYou can get the vital statistics of a Node.js application instantly, such as CPU, memory use, http throughput/response times INSTANTLY…2 min read·Nov 1, 2019----