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Spring Boot Made Me Lazy. And I’m Okay With That.
Spring Boot Made Me Lazy. And I’m Okay With That. I remember the old way. Before Spring Boot. Before convention over configuration. Before you could…
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The Most Beautiful Line of Java I Ever Wrote
The Most Beautiful Line of Java I Ever Wrote I have written thousands of lines of Java. Maybe tens of thousands. Classes, methods, loops, conditionals,…
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Why You Should Thank the Person Who Wrote That Ugly Code
Why You Should Thank the Person Who Wrote That Ugly Code There is a moment every developer knows. You open a file. You start reading.…
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The Magic Hidden in Everyday Technology
The Magic Hidden in Everyday Technology We have lost something. Not all at once. Slowly. Gradually. The way you lose awareness of a sound you…
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Why Asking Dumb Questions Leads to Smart Solutions
Why Asking Dumb Questions Leads to Smart Solutions There is a fear that lives inside many developers. It is the fear of sounding stupid. The…
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Why the Best Developers Never Stop Asking “What If?”
Why the Best Developers Never Stop Asking “What If?” There is a question that lives in the heads of the best developers I know. It…
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The Power of the Blank Screen Before the First Line
The Power of the Blank Screen Before the First Line There is a moment that happens before every project. Before every feature. Before every bug…
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The Art of Thinking Without Typing
The Art of Thinking Without Typing There is a myth in our industry. The myth says that productive developers are the ones typing. Writing code.…
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The Power of the Second Look
The Power of the Second Look I cannot count how many times I have stared at a problem, seen nothing, walked away, come back, and…
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The Difference Between Looking and Observing in Debugging
The Difference Between Looking and Observing in Debugging I have stared at buggy code for hours. Read the same lines over and over. Changed things…
