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Entwicklungspraxis September 11, 2023

Snowflake Connection Provider

Hi, What do snowflakes have to do with software development? Strange question, I know. But I had to ask myself this recently. I was going through the code. I wanted to understand which connection pools we have and how they are configured. That’s when I stumbled upon a connection pool named SnowflakeConnectionProviders. Huh? What is that supposed to be? And how is it used? And why is it a HashMap<String, IConnectionProvider>?


Entwicklungspraxis September 7, 2023

Super Boring Topic

Hi, Yesterday, I published an article about the Assert class from Spring. And in May, at the Developer Meetup in Essen , I also talked about the class. But actually, it’s super boring. For those who don’t know: It offers a series of simple “assert” methods. For example, instead of if (someVariable == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("someVariable must not be null"); } we can write: Assert.isNotNull(someVariable, "someVariable must not be null"); Incredible.


Entwicklungspraxis September 4, 2023

Outch 😵

Hi, Change hurts. The sentence is somewhat jaded. But it became clear to me again a few weeks ago. Toni, an external DevOps Engineer (shoutout to you 😉), was new to the team. On his website he writes, “As an expert in Developer Experience, my goal is to create an ecosystem for high-performance & innovatively-acting development teams.” And he lives it. There is also more than enough to do. And we want to tackle it!


Entwicklungspraxis August 24, 2023

What Sound Does Your Microwave?

Hi, Do you know the feeling? You turn on a device that you use over and over again. For years. You recognize the sound it makes. The rhythmic “whoosh whoosh whoosh”, when you start the dishwasher. Or the familiar “click” when the oven turns on. Your signal: everything’s working. Carry on! But what if it suddenly sounds different? It no longer meets your expectations? That’s exactly what happened to me with my microwave.


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