This is the preamble to a series of posts I’ve put together for a slimline way to define data sets with JUnit, DynamoDb & LocalStack. In this post I review options for testing DynamoDb
This is the preamble to a series of posts I’ve put together for a slimline way to define data sets with JUnit, DynamoDb & LocalStack. In this post I review options for testing DynamoDb
I've recently started working from home on a more regular basis. I'm sure it's something that many people in the software industry, especially start ups and consultants are familiar with, but it's a new concept for my workplace.
I came across a neat set of glass snooker balls when I was looking for a new status icon for a project I've been working on. Because I needed it in more colour varieties than were available to photograph (needed about 12 in fairly specific colours) I could either sit with GIMP and come up with what I needed or quickly throw something together that would do a similar kind of thing but have an infinite variety of colours (and animation possibilities). Since I've not come across many great tutorials on developing these kinds of graphics with Java & Swing I thought I'd share mine in case it helps anyone else.
Musings on modern city life and the ability not to lose sight of the stars amid light pollution.
User Experience design really should apply to how you treat your customers in general, not just how your computers deal with them.
I work for a small public company who are pushing us to innovate all the time on a shoestring budget. Sometimes we do well, sometimes not so well, generally we do ok. Recently we've been pushed into doing some of the Oracle certification programmes to ensure that everyone can prove their competency in their position. What's been especially appreciated was the fact that my company paid for the exam fee (which is somewhat of a rarity for us).