Apache Kafka is probably primarily known as a messaging middleware with a more flexible structure than queues, but it also empowers teams with its lower entry barrier for real-time data pipelines.

For many years, I was a big fan of beautiful code. With Ruby, I was amazed by what I was able to do in one line of code. With Java, I loved that I could stream, map, and then collect! But as time passed, I read about many impressive optimizations, small tricks, and clever algorithms, and I got less...

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Angela Hsu, Senior Vice President of Marketing and e-commerce at Lamps Plus, discusses her strategies for using marketing campaigns to generate sales through...

Hey Java programmer, feeling challenged? We've got some design patterns for your OOP architecture that we'll implement in Java and Kotlin to help you out.

When a code change is required, the main consideration is how to reduce the impact of the new implementation on the existing code, thus reducing the possibility of introducing new bugs and instead keeping or improving components' high cohesion/low coupling relationship. That's when design patterns...

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a Google Cloud solution for container orchestration. With GKE, we can manage the Kubernetes ecosystem and all routines related to deploying, managing, and monitoring our applications. There are several advantages to using GKE instead of a manually-configured...