Let’s continue our exploration of Python’s magic methods in this second part of the series. This part will focus on numbers and containers, i.e., collections. You can read the first part here. Container-related methods Python provides the usual containers, e.g., lists, sets, and dictionaries. You can use the following methods when you want to implement your own. Common methods Containers …

Java was the first language I used professionally and is the scale by which I measure other languages I learned afterward. It’s an OOP statically-typed language. Hence, Python feels a bit weird because of its dynamic typing approach. For example, Object offers methods equals(), hashCode(), and toString(). Because all other classes inherit from Object, directly or indirectly, all objects have …

Have you ever wanted to bring your JFR events into context? Adding information on sessions, user IDs, and more can improve your ability to make sense of all the events in your profile. Currently, we can only add context by creating custom JFR events, as I presented in my Profiling Talks: More here: https://mostlynerdless.de/profiling-talks/ We can use these custom events …

A long-time GlassFish user and active member of the GlassFish community, Jan Blavins, shares how he uses GlassFish Embedded to take advantage of some of its unique features compared to traditional application servers. I’ve been asked by the Eclipse GlassFish project to say a few words about how I use GlassFish Embedded. The GlassFish project is pretty active these days, …

Today’s modern, containerized, elastically scaling Java clusters often rely on CPU utilization as the main trigger for scaling out new instances. Imperfect as this metric may be, it is ubiquitous to scale out new instances based on CPU utilization going over some limit. Often that limit is surprisingly low, somewhere around 40 to 50%. Azul Platform Prime replaces OpenJDK’s HotSpot …

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Everything Bad is Good for You is a pop culture book that points out that some things we assume are bad (like TV) have tremendous benefits to our well-being. I love the premise of disrupting the conventional narrative and was reminded of that constantly when debating some of the more controversial features and problems in Java. It’s a feature, not …

Introducing Build Server for Gradle In recent years, Gradle has become one of the most popular Java build tools due to its flexibility in configuring build processes and its powerful extensibility. In Visual Studio Code, users can import Gradle projects into their workspace for development. However, there are some areas where support for Gradle projects is not entirely satisfactory, with …

In the previous article, we discussed some of the design patterns employed in the creation of microservices. In this subsequent article, we will delve into the remaining patterns that are commonly utilized in the realm of microservices. Database Patterns 1. Data Management There are seven distinct patterns that further categorize the data management. Database per Service Shared Database Saga Pattern …

In todays ever-evolving world, fast and efficient data management is becoming ever more important. With the explosion of digital data and diverse data sources, selecting the right database type, whether it’s traditional relational, NoSQL, or emerging options like NewSQL, has become pivotal. This also leads us to the next challenge for us, how do we integrate with this? Do we …