a blind man in a dark cellar looking for a black cat that isn't there
not again in all the world's turning will there be terrains so wild and barbarous to try whether the stuff of creation may be shaped to man's will or whether his own heart is not another kind of clay
Passing Java functions around using variables. Some example code, with notes. And a reminder that just because you can pass functions around in this way, doesn’t mean you always should.
A closer look at what it means to convert between different character encodings in Java. Along the way, this includes a review of char, byte and int primitives, and some ways to handle hexadecimal values stored in strings.
A minimal guide to setting up a minimal web application in Eclipse, using Maven as the dependency manager (as opposed to using an Eclipse Dynamic Web Project).
It’s possible to access a wide array of data about your RabbitMQ installation using the RabbitMQ management API - a REST API which returns JSON responses. Some of the data can be a bit unintuitive without an explanation, and the documentation was initially a bit hard to find… Here are some notes…