Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. I recently had the need to tag an older Git commit in the course of my studies, and I was ...

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The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

To the surprise of many developers, the 2020 Scrum Guide removed all references to these three questions. Does that mean these three daily Scrum questions are bad? Not really -- it's just that asking ...

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MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...

In recent months, vibe coding has emerged as a new approach to software development, especially with the rise of AI-assisted tools like ChatGPT, Copilot and similar large language model systems. The ...

The Hypertext Transport Protocol requires all HTTP methods to declare whether they are idempotent or not. With an idempotent HTTP method, multiple invocations always leave the data on the server in ...

How well do you know the Manifesto for Agile software development? Here are 10 interesting facts about the Agile Manifesto's principles and values. They say things constantly change in the software ...

Army generals lead their soldiers using a command and control approach to leadership. Scrum masters prefer the servant-leader approach. A servant-leader is someone who the puts the well-being of team ...

It's surprisingly easy to deploy microservices in the AWS cloud. AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) can pull images from Docker Hub and manage container workload with low-cost AWS Fargate clusters.

Building web services and documenting RESTful endpoints is no easy task, but testing RESTful APIs has always been a particularly sore point with Spring Boot and Java. Sure, you can test a GET ...