Many programmers are, but you can learn to be different — What is a Cargo Cult It goes back to WWII. As part of the war effort, the Allied forces had to build supply bases in strategic locations. Some of these locations were remote islands that had never come across the technological innovations of the 20th century. That means that airplanes, jeeps, and especially cargo boxes…

Three of the assumptions we make that hurt our code — You’re staring intently at your code. You’ve just been informed of a bug someone found in production, and it’s your code that caused it. You need to fix it, fast. There’s just one problem. You’ve been staring at your screen for over an hour and you have absolutely no idea…

Straightforward and simple — The JVM is a beloved concept that every Computer Science undergrad knows by heart. It’s been with us since 1994, and although it went through quite a few iterations since, it’s still holding strong. Why should you care about the JVM memory model? Whether you’re using Java, Kotlin, Scala, Groovy, or even Neo4j for your graph database, you’ve got…

Straightforward and simple — Last time, we covered the difference between Dependency Inversion & Dependency Injection. Both are important concepts that help us build better software. One of the key differences, however, is that Dependency Injection is a pattern, and Dependency Inversion is a principle. Today we’ll discuss why that’s an important distinction. What are Principles? Principles…

Straightforward and simple — I’ve been a software engineer for a few years now, yet every now and then I like to return to the fundamentals. We all “know” that we should follow the SOLID principles by good ol’ Uncle Bob, but common knowledge is not always common…

I find that one of the best ways to learn a concept or understand its importance is through stories. The story below is very short (I promise), and quite amusing (I hope). It will help illustrate how powerful a simplicity-oriented mindset can be. The story In the past few weeks, my fridge’s…

Let me tell you a little story. It began a few years ago when I started working on my first serious personal project. It involved learning Java & Android development, so I can build a cool Todo app that will provide me with location-based reminders. …

In my previous articles, I’ve discussed the basics of Tracking and its relationship with Cookies. Then, we dived deeper and learned what Client-side tracking is, and how it works. In this article, I’m going to discuss the rising alternative to Client-side tracking — Server-side tracking. As we did before, let’s…

In my previous article, I discussed the basics of Tracking and its relationship with Cookies. It provides the basis to this article, where I’m going to break down the concept of Client-side tracking and its use cases. Let’s start with the name, why do we call it “Client-side” tracking? The…