rfc Featured

RFV-0001: Request for Vibes

A new proposal to formalise the, "kicking of tires" for vibe coded software.

food

No-Ham-anuary: a retrospective on reducing my intake of processed meat

Looking back on three years of no ham sandwiches.

doge

A Poem for Doge

Boredom leads to some weird creative outputs, even for me. Such poem, much text!

Spring Boot

Spring Security with Springdoc OpenAPI

So you have added Springdoc to your Spring Boot service and everything is working beautifully until you add Spring Security. Suddenly your Swagger UI returns a 401 and you are left wondering whether the problem is your security configuration, your custom error handling, or something else entirely. I spent a

Publishing to the Maven Central Repository

So you've written a cool or nifty library for Java and want to share it with the rest of the world. You could share it around on a USB drive like the olden days of the Sneakernet but a much better option is to publish it on the

developer

Ansible Dev Environment Setup

Using Ansible to take away the overhead of getting your dev machine setup the way you like it.

linux

Linux and Windows Dual-boot Quirks

Understanding and fixing some issues with running Dual Boot Windows and Linux

funny

Magic The Gathering - King's Coronation Edition

Having some fun with images from the King's Coronation and Magic The Gathering

npm

NPM package update [ETARGET] error

Solving NPM package update issues

okhttp

Unit Testing OkHttp

How to easily test OkHttp using MockWebServer

human

IntelliJ Maven Plugin Issues and Solutions

A checklist of solutions to fixing Maven build/caching errors on IntelliJ

gaming

Desktops over the years

A collection of photos of various desktops I've had

maven

Easy Maven Config Switching

Easy switching of Maven user configurations when working at home or in the office.

hosts

Blocking Social Media and Trackers using a hosts file

Block social media in 5 minutes

evh

Painting a Frankenstrat

Turning my first Ibanez into a Frankenstein guitar

analytics

Simple web analytics with GoAccess

Simple analytics for a simple site.

squad

Squad Leading in Squad

Some sage advice to getting more out of the game.

louis

Louis Theroux Documentaries

An analysis of Louis Theroux documentaries as a whole.

Java

Java: Finality

Code noise or good practice?

spring

Overloading REST controller endpoints on Spring Boot

Sometimes the requirements are bad, other times the tech debt is what limits you.

developer

Developer Tropes: "Google does it"

A prime example of cargo culture in software development.

security

Partitioning your Digital Footprint

I want my online data to be in the form of a Rubik's cube, hard to assemble.

linux

Ubuntu 18.04 on a MacBook Pro 13

Adventuring into Linux on MacBook hardware

server

Webserver Security Checkup

A quick security scan is all it takes!

guitar

Jemming up an Ibanez Jem Jr.

Adding a few bells and whistles.