A few years ago I built a couple of simple, event-driven data import pipelines using asynchronous APIs to automate some of my data import activities. I’m a big fan of serverless solutions and nanoservices like AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Functions (GCF). However, when using functions, you have to be aware of certain limitations and […]
Read MoreThis post covers the creation of a static website built with React/Gatsby with the site contents authored within Contentful, a market leading headless, hosted content management service (CMS). The solution includes a build pipeline for automated site builds triggered by content or source code changes. For simplicity, the web site consists of a single page: […]
Read MoreTo entertain myself, to learn some IoT and dive deeper into cloud technologies, I started a new pet project. This post explains how to monitor the temperature and humidity of a room through Google Cloud. The solution consists of the following elements. I ordered a couple of sensors (temperature, humidity, gas, sun light, etc.) in […]
Read MoreI’m happy to share my presentation I held about GraphQL in the recent past. This is an introductory level presentation of the topic, but non-beginners may also find useful thoughts in it. For this event I’ve implemented a demo Trading application with a GraphQL API using a Java GraphQL implementation based on light-4j. I’ll share […]
Read MoreIn this post I’ve summarized the steps you can follow to setup your single-node Kubernetes cluster in AWS EC2 as a sandbox for educational or development purpose. I’ve reviewed several tutorials covering the same topic, but – probably because of the quick evolution of the platforms – none of them worked without adjustments, so I’ve […]
Read MoreI read a lot about GraphQL and found many aspects of it that I like. I thought that the best way to educate myself in this technology was to build a GraphQL API and a web application that uses the API. The idea is to consume content from Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) via GraphQL API. […]
Read MoreLast year Oracle announced changes in its licensing terms of Java. Here is a great Medium article summarizing the changes. Those who want (or have to) stay with Java 8 will be impacted from January 2019, as Java 8 is going through the end of public updates process and there will be no free updates […]
Read MoreEvent based integrations via Adobe I/O give us endless opportunities for integrating Adobe products with each other or with external services. In the recent past I’ve built several prototypes for my own education and I would like to present one of them for you. In this post I’m going to present a solution that can […]
Read MoreUpdate (Jan/2019): Late December it was announced by Adobe that support and distribution of Oracle Java LTS versions including its updates will be provided by them (Adobe) for AEM customers directly. See my updates on Oracle Java support for AEM provided by Adobe directly Java’s new, agile release train is moving faster, but it comes at a […]
Read MoreThis post is the next chapter of My Take Aways from adaptTo() 2018. This time the topic is testing. Intro In September 2018 I’ve attended adaptTo() the fifth times in a row 4th times. Unfortunately I missed adaptTo() 2017 but I visited the conf in 2018 again. This year the organizers made the decision to rent a bigger […]
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