binkley's BLOG

Java has excellent date-time formatting with the arrival of java.time (JSR310) in Java 8. I point out that release as it came with ...

After too much Internet searching, I was unable to find an easy solution to repeated duplication in my Spring MockMVC tests of REST ...

During my first stint at ThoughtWorks, I paired with Gregor Hohpe on implementing messaging patterns while he worked with Bobby Woolf on...

It took far more research time than I expected. The goal: Output an OffsetDateTime with offset for Zulu (OTC) timezone as +00:0...

What are exceptions? Essentially, exceptions are a form of structured, non-local goto with stack unwind...

I filed this issue with Atlassian about JIRA: You make it incredibly difficult to report issues about JIRA itself: * I cannot use Markdow...

Automated Acceptance Criteria Removing Joda from Spring Boot The problem We recentl...

Kotlin JPA pattern The problem Kotlin does many wonderful things for you. For example, the data classes ...

The setup My team is working on a Java server, as part of a larger project project, using Gradle to b...

I'd like to use jenv on my Cygwin setup at home. Oracle has moved to a 6-month release pace, and so I find myself dealing with ...

Automated Acceptance Criteria Automated Acceptance Criteria A well writt...

Sproingk lives! After months of instability, I again have a fully working pipeline and a live web page for Sproingk, my demo pro...

(I talk about myself in the post more than usual. I'm expressing opinions more than usual, rather than observ...

(This post follows up on Frequent commits , a post about git command line help for TDD. I assume you are already ...