Coding Matters

Borrowing from Gen Z

Cheugy: A Gen Z slang term mocking something as uncool and out of touch with current trends (pronounced “chew-gee”). I must be cheugy, because I’ve never heard the term before.

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Project Lombok

Project Lombok is a 3rd party library that defines a number of annotations and associated annotation processors. This can lead to faster coding for domain classes, with less code to maintain.

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You can lead a horse to water

Hypothesis: A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. The hypothesis This week two potential clients asked about live classroom training. Both of them suggested that their staff did not benefit from virtual training.

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Java Records (Part 2)

In this article we continue our examination of Java records. Remember that Java records were introduced in Java 14. Let’s look at the features and restrictions of Java records.

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The Real Google Failure

Transformative: causing a radical and typically positive change in outlook, character, form, or condition. I’ve been thinking about whether our training can transform your life. “Transform” is such a powerful word. I felt it should apply to something more, well, transformative – like plastic surgery. But change doesn’t have to be big to be

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Java Records (Part 1)

Have you been wondering about Java records? With the release of Java 14, we can now use records to easily create immutable data objects. In this article we look at what a Java record is, and how to implement it.

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Knowing and not knowing

Lewis likes to say that “the more you know, the more you know how little you know”. A bit of a tongue-twister, but definitely true. The reverse is also true: the less you know, the less you know how little you know. I remember interviewing a recent graduate. He told me

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Listen to your shoes

Retrospect: contemplation of the past. Welcome to 2022! I have big plans for this year, and I hope you do too. May it be a productive, successful and happy year for all of us. You know that the first email of the year has to be about New Year’s resolutions. It’s expected.

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