Why You Should Use IntelliJ IDEA!, An Uncomfortable Confession! I’ll start with a confession – I was a Vim (text editor) lover and disliked IDEs. As a power-user I loved the powe...

Trying out Criteria Builder in a Java project,Initially published on my blog: https://documentingiscool.netlify.app/blog/2020/08/how-to-use-criteria-builder-in-your-java-project/ J...

What the heck is RPC ?,Do you know about RPC ? Background: For communication between front-end client and back-end server we have different ways : REST APIs GraphQL RPC These days ...

balalaika IT newsletter #9,If you like this newsletter subscribe to our new issues at http://balalaikait.com/ General CPU caching 101 from Nick Evanson. A concise read about the fu...

Mastering 'this' keyword in Java.,We mostly use this keyword as a reference to the current object in a method or a constructor. In simple words, it is a reference variable that poi...

Let’s touch base.. with Firebase ,To put it mildly, Firebase is a beast. There are so many facets of Firebase which make it a dream platform for many start ups, side projects and ...

Quick Java, Spring, Kafka & Zookeeper Setup on macOS, Image source from Cloudkarafka In this tutorial/lab, you will experience a very simple and quick hands-on experience with: Ja...

balalaika IT newsletter #8, General Databases are one of the most complex pieces of software ever made by humans, not only in terms of their internals, but also in terms of the beh...

Why do I think Dot NET is Better Than Java?,There are a lot of resemblances among Dot Net and Java, but there are some significant differences that make me want to discuss where an...

Full Stack Reddit Clone - Spring Boot, React, Electron App - Part 6, Full Stack Reddit Clone - Spring Boot, React, Electron App - Part 6 Introduction Welcome to Part 6 of creating ...

What is a programming language ?,So what is a programming language ? Yeah, the title asks the same question Well, according to Wikipedia, 'A programming language is a formal langua...

balalaika IT newsletter #7, Frontend A short, yet insightful post about enhanced A11Y at Facebook. You might think it is easy and not a big deal until you have to re-write your who...