Many years ago, when I thought – inexperienced and naive as I was – that I was a much better programmer than I was back then, someone asked me: “Sven, how many lines of code has your longest method?” Neither did I know the answer to the question, nor did I understand its background. Today …
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Today is my last working day at AndroidPIT. After building AndroidPIT and developing it for ten years, a few months ago, I decided to start my own business as a freelance programmer to gain new experiences. After programming alone for a few months back in 2009, we started hiring additional programmers shortly after that. Working …
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As a Java programmer, I work on various projects based on different Java versions, especially since the transition to the six-month release cycle. From time to time, I also have a piece of Java code that I want to try out on different Java versions – on the command line without having to click through …
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In this article, I’ve compiled a list of the most relevant books for programmers. These books are on the topics programming in general, Java programming, personality development, and career development. I have read all the recommended books. The list is not complete; there are a lot more great books I have on my “to read” …
This article is not going to be technical. Instead, I want to show you why, as a software developer, you should write a developer blog, how it will get you ahead and how to get started. I am still pretty much at the beginning of my blogger career: I only started last year in October, …
After describing the technical basics of a Linux installation (BIOS, UEFI, MFB, GPT, GRUB, SEDs, LUKS) in the second part of the series, I guide you step by step through the installation of Manjaro Linux on the Dell XPS 15 9570 in this third and last part. Hardware upgrade of the Dell XPS 15 9570 …
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In part 1 – Which Linux is best for a Java developer? – I decided to install Manjaro Linux on a Dell XPS 15 9570. In this part, I explain some fundamental basics you should know about installing Linux. Not that easy after all After installing Manjaro as a VM on my Windows computer and …
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In my first article, “Setup of a dedicated server with Ansible,” I mentioned that I had been a satisfied Windows user for decades. However, a few weeks ago, I had the following problem: I wanted to try Project Loom, an implementation of lightweight threads (“fibers”) and continuations in Java. The project is still in the …
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In the third article of this series, I set up Docker, MySQL and WordPress with Ansible on my server. In this fourth and final article, I will show you how to set up HAProxy – again with Ansible – as well as a free HTTPS certificate from Let’s Encrypt / CertBot to make the website …
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In the first two parts of this tutorial series, I showed you how I installed the operating system image with Ansible on a root server of Hetzner and created user accounts, optimized the SSH configuration and configured the firewall. In this third part of the Ansible tutorial, I will show you how to install Docker …
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