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Sander Verbruggen

Sander Verbruggen

A cartoon of me in a blue captain's uniform behind the helm of a ship at sea. Underneath is the title 'one chart to rule them all'

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One Chart To Rule Them All

Spring Boot and Helm are two separate domains, not every developer is comfortable working in both. But most examples expect that you do. This post shows a solution that keeps these domains nicely separated and adds more flexibility than all the other examples I found.

Kotlin and Java interoperability

Kotlin and Java interoperability

This is the third post in the "Kotlin, the essence of Java" series. Click the link for the whole story or keep on reading about this particular topic. Kotlin is a JVM language with strong ties to the Java language and v.v. Under normal circumstances Java and

Kotlin, the essence of Java

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Kotlin, the essence of Java

A series of posts showing how Kotlin improves on the Java language by stripping away the bloat.

Kotlin Streams

Soon to be published, only exists in my head for now...

Kotlin classes

Converting your Java classes into Kotlin classes by removing the plumbing code.

Kotlin inline functions

Kotlin inline functions

This is a post in the "Kotlin, the essence of Java" series. Please read the Kotlin essentials if you're new to Kotlin. A very simple but effective Kotlin construct is the 'inline function', a one-liner that actually is one line. Adding a function The

Best Mac Apps 2021

Best Mac Apps 2021

Here's a list of my top apps from this year. Development IntelliJ Most of my work is done in IntelliJ. Like with any IDE, learn the shortcuts to get the most out of it. I do most of my Git actions from IntelliJ as well; pull/push, branching,

Kotlin essentials

Kotlin essentials

This is the first post in the series "Kotlin, the essence of Java". It's a reference page that will introduce some Kotlin concepts needed to understand the rest of the Kotlin series. ';' expected First of all, no more need for the semi-colon on every

Installing Ghost with SSL on a Raspberry Pi

Installing Ghost with SSL on a Raspberry Pi

There are enough resources out there that show you how to install Ghost on these tiny machines. I used this post: Install Ghost on Raspberry Pi 4 running Raspbian BusterWith vastly superior specifications, the Pi 4 makes an ideal choice for a web server and combining that with the speed

Constante van Verbruggen

Constante van Verbruggen

Ooit ontstaan op een project, waar we een web-applicatie aan het bouwen waren, ergens rond 2005. Op een bepaald moment kwam de afdeling netwerkbeheer met de vraag "Wat is de netwerkbelasting van jullie applicatie?", waarop ik zonder blikken of blozen antwoordde: "3". Verbaasde blikken en vervolgens