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Securing a Kafka Cluster in Kubernetes Using Strimzi

Deploying an Apache Kafka cluster to Kubernetes is easy if you use Strimzi, but that’s only the first step; you need to secure the communication between Kafka and the consumers and producers, provide RBAC to access topics, spread the secrets correctly to Kafka Connect components and all using a Kubernetes GitOps way.

Alex Soto
on Dec 30, 2022
Architecture & Design

Microservices Integration Done Right Using Contract-Driven Development

Build your microservices and micro-frontend in parallel and deploy them independently without worrying about integration issues, by leveraging API specifications such as OpenAPI and AsyncAPI as executable contracts to shift left the identification of compatibility bugs with Contract Driven Development using Specmatic, thereby removing the need for integration testing.

Naresh Jain
on Dec 29, 2022
Development

The Service and the Beast: Building a Windows Service that Does Not Fail to Restart

Windows Services play a key role in the Microsoft Windows operating system, and support the creation and management of long-running processes. When “Fast Startup” is enabled and the PC is started after a regular shutdown, though, services may fail to restart. The aim of this article is to create a persistent service that will always run and restart after Windows restarts, or after shutdown.

Michael Haephrati Ruth Haephrati
on Dec 28, 2022
DevOps

The Importance of Pipeline Quality Gates and How to Implement Them

A quality gate is an enforced measure built into your pipeline that the software needs to meet before it can proceed. This article covers how to get the maximum benefit from quality gates. Making good use of quality gates not only can improve the quality of your software, but it can also improve your delivery speed.

Craig Risi
on Dec 27, 2022
Culture & Methods

Group Coaching - Extending Growth Opportunity beyond Individual Coaching

This article provides an introduction to group coaching and explains how it is different from individual coaching. It sheds light on the benefits of using group coaching, skills that coaches would need and the challenges they would face, with an example scenario using one of the group coaching techniques, and describes the context in which such a technique can be used.

Nafees Butt
on Dec 26, 2022
Development

PHP 8 – Functions and Methods

PHP 8.0 adds support for several functions- and methods-related features, including enhanced callable syntax, named function arguments, and Fibers, which are interruptible functions that add support for multitasking.

Deepak Vohra
on Dec 23, 2022
Culture & Methods

How Behaviour-Driven Development Helps Those with Sleep Disorders Contribute Effectively

Invisible illnesses, including sleep disorders, are prevalent in the workplace. Teams that are open and accepting of those with sleep disorders benefit in their planning accuracy and quality practice from diverse viewpoints. An open and welcoming team culture plays a large part in helping team members overcome challenges.

Dermot Canniffe
on Dec 22, 2022
Java

GraalVM Java Compilers Join OpenJDK in 2023, Align with OpenJDK Releases and Processes

The Community Editions of the GraalVM JIT and Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilers will move to OpenJDK in 2023. They will align with OpenJDK releases and processes. Existing releases, GraalVM Enterprise Edition, and other GraalVM projects will not. GraalVM 22.3 provides experimental support for JDK 19 and improves observability. Project Leyden will standardize Java AOT compilation.

Karsten Silz
on Dec 21, 2022
Culture & Methods

How We Improved Application’s Resiliency by Uncovering Our Hidden Issues Using Chaos Testing

This article lists the chaos testing principles which are outlined by Netflix. The readers should be able to understand the advantages and disadvantages that chaos testing offers. This will help them to decide whether they want to perform it or not. The article also explains why we should convince the management to perform chaos tests, considering all benefits over the risks.

Vipin Jain
on Dec 20, 2022
DevOps

An Ode to Unit Tests: in Defense of the Testing Pyramid

The switch to the testing diamond approach has not effectively addressed issues caused by the testing pyramid. Instead, the focus should be on using unit tests correctly within a testable architecture.

Guilherme Ferreira
on Dec 19, 2022
Java

Java InfoQ Trends Report - December 2022

This report provides a summary of how the InfoQ Java editorial team and several Java Champions currently see the adoption of technology and emerging trends within the Java and JVM space in 2022. We focus on Java the language, as well as related languages like Kotlin and Scala, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and Java-based frameworks and utilities.

Michael Redlich Ben Evans Johan Janssen Dalia Abo Sheasha Billy Korando Otavio Santana
on Dec 16, 2022
Culture & Methods

The Most Common Developer Challenges That Prevent a Change Mindset—and How to Tackle Them

Software engineers are feeling burnt out, and this is directly affecting their productivity and ability to learn new skills. But in today’s ever-growing digital world, developers must be on top of new technologies and tools. Team leaders, therefore, need to cultivate a change mindset by adopting a business-impact-first approach and learning from startup environments, among other tips.

Shree Mijarguttu
on Dec 16, 2022