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Elias is an independent consultant specializing in software solutions for large enterprises, focusing on JVM and business process automation.

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The article discusses the common challenges software developers face with bugs, emphasizing that not all bugs are worth fixing and that a culture of fear around estimating and analyzing issues can hinder effective software deliver...
Patrick Collison at Stripe Sessions 2025 stated that in 2024 Stripe did on average 1,145 pull requests per day, fully shipped into production, with less than a minute of API unreliability for the entire year. This is an incredible...
The text discusses the issues with internal company wikis, comparing them to Wikipedia and other specific wikis. It highlights the problem of disorganization, outdated and irrelevant information, and the lack of ownership and gove...
The article discusses the misconception that RestTemplate was deprecated due to a change in the Javadoc of Spring 5.0.9, which was later corrected in Spring 5.2.4. It also introduces the new RestClient as a modern alternative to R...
The text discusses the issues with 'Springifying' unit tests and the impact of using Spring Boot and the Spring Framework on the quality of test suites. It provides examples and best practices for writing unit tests and integratio...
The text discusses the importance of keeping up with the changes in Java API's and the benefits of knowing the new features. It provides examples of code and improvements in the Java API.
The author discusses migrating a weekend project called 'this button does nothing' to Quarkus 3. The project was initially built using PHP and NodeJS, and the author decided to migrate it to Quarkus due to its container and native...
The text discusses the introduction of null references in programming languages, particularly Java, and the potential future implementation of null-restricted types in Java through Project Valhalla. It explains the concept of valu...
The text discusses the use of Java's Optional in a control-flow context, comparing it to a ternary statement. It includes benchmarks showing that the ternary statement performs better than Optional in terms of speed. The author co...