Moving things forward when everything stands still — What if you want to explore but no one cares? How to move things forward in a stale situation? How to prevent pointless meetings? Countless hours of meetings — no action point. You propose something — you get put down. …

5 tips you need to avoid issues while working with Keycloak extensions — Use the following tips to make Keycloak extension development easier. Even though the idea of extensions is simple, developing can get hectic. You have to configure the extension, develop a UI, and bundle everything up in a Docker image. I’ve been working with Keycloak for over a few months. And…

Traits to avoid on your developer resume that may deter recruiters — Your resume should tell your work history. Nothing more. Every job requires a resume. If you work in outsourcing, you’ll have one extra resume to send to clients. So what’s the gist of your work life? What’s something you shouldn’t put in your resume? What’s the structure you should follow? Tell the recruiters things they want to hear

New tool to look into your Medium earnings — Most of the Medium earnings extensions are either defunct or obsolete nowadays. You’d like to see each day of earnings, track what goes well with your audience, and have this fast. The extension I’ve been using is excellent but lacks support, filtering, and constant development. …

#4 Interview has real-world problem — Experienced developers look at warnings before deploying their time. Juniors go in without any investigation and get burned. Seniors don’t just look at salary. Salary comes easy if you’re valuable. What matters more is the future company. Here are the 5 red flags to look for. 1. Leaders are on an ego trip Most leads have an…

Brush up your Java skills with these tasks — Recently I found an interesting Java role. And to apply for the role you need to complete several Java tasks. The position was about Hibernate and Spring Boot. After a short intro call, they sent me some interview test tasks to complete. Here are the tasks. 1. Compare semantic versions The first one was…

Common but most developers neglect these on code review — Do you take look into the exploitability of your code? Most developers don’t. That’s why you see secrets leaked in public code. Or giving out your environment credentials on a silver plate. Or non-sanitized inputs flowing through the code. Let’s dive into how to pinpoint and prevent some of the…

Why salary increase shouldn’t be the only reason to job hop — Most developers don’t like to wait for the promotion. I know. I would job-hop as much as possible to get that sweet cash bonus. More cash is a good reason to job-hop. But it’s not the only one. Sometimes taking a pay cut can lead to more ‘exposure’. Not that…

Do you think you’re a senior developer? Here are the traits you should have — You don’t like a senior with only several YOE. You know tenure doesn’t make a good senior. Work years mean nothing. We all forget things. Forgetting things renders years of experience obsolete. And with new developments and a lack of time to keep up, this makes YOE even more pointless. …