The concept of pattern matching has been around since the 1960s. It’s a well-known language technique used in many programming languages, from Haskell and AWK to Rust and Scala. Pattern matching is relatively new to Java. It was introduced in JDK 14 and has been progressing with new uses since then. This article explores how these new features can make …

Let’s take an introductory run-through of setting up your database on OpenShift, using your own hardware and RedHat’s CodeReady Containers. CodeReady Containers is a great way to run OpenShift K8s locally, ideal for development and testing. The steps in this blog post will require a machine, laptop or desktop, of decent capability; preferably quad CPUs and 16GB+ RAM. Download and …

Last year, I spoke at the National DevOps Conference that took place at the British Museum. I had already visited the museum before, but speaking there was a fantastic experience. Besides, we had the museum all for ourselves for a couple of hours. If you’ve ever visited the place, you know what I mean. Anyway, I also attended a talk …