Byte for your thoughts

Some thoughts on programing. Mostly subjective, potentially helpful.

Command line citizen

Continuing with series on development of command line tools, this week I'll look into more practical tips for making a CLI app that's nice to use. If you missed the first part where I discussed picking the language for your app you can find it here. Like I mentioned in the first post, what follows are just some of my own opinions, tips and tricks.

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I've recently been working a lot with Spring Cloud Gateway. It's been (mostly) a pleasant experience, but I do encounter some annoying quirks from time to time. This is a story about one of them.

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Tower of Babel

I've recently been working on a command line tool. You can read more about it in my previous blog post. In the process of writing it I've stumbled upon a couple of ideas and best practices that I'd like to share with you in a series of blog posts. In this first post I'll go over picking the programming language and package manager for your CLI.

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Should I use angular, react or insert-framework-of-the-month for my next project?

prospective web developer in 2019

What framework should I use for web development in insert-exciting-new-language?

unsuspecting developer encountering an exciting new language

Web has become the default UI layer in recent years. Most projects grow around either a web or native mobile app. I myself usually start prototyping a new product by cobbling together a web app and hooking it up to a backend service.

However, what if that web (or mobile) app was not the right choice? Can we get away without building it at all? Here are a few interesting results I've come across while exploring this premise.

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