Recently, I mentioned how I refactored the script that kept my GitHub profile up-to-date. Since Geecon Prague, I’m also a happy owner of a Raspberry Pi: Though the current setup works flawlessly – and is free, I wanted to experiment with self-hosted runners. Here are my findings. Context GitHub offers a large free usage of GitHub Actions: GitHub Actions usage …

In a typical debugging scenario, you would set breakpoints to tell the debugger when to suspend your program. A breakpoint usually corresponds to the moment that marks the starting point of the further investigation. However, in some situations you aren’t certain about where to set a breakpoint. Other times, you might prefer to suspend the program at a particular time …

The Need for Advanced Management Tools in Development Introduction to JMX (Java Management Extensions) Understanding MBeans Spring and Management Beans Tooling for JMX Management Getting Started with JMXTerm Leveraging JMX in Debugging and Management Exposing MBeans in Spring Boot Understanding Spring Boot JMX Support Expose an MBean in Spring Boot Example: Exposing a Simple Configuration MBean Final Word Debugging effectively …