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I learned a bit of Python this week. Mostly though I felt like I was just figuring out how to translate between Java or C# to the Python equivalent. It was really interesting to see how certain concepts play out across the languages. It was a lot of fun and I wanted to take it a little further. I'm going to do this by implementing some of the TDD Katas I've been using for Java and C# into Python. First up Mars Rover... Read more

This week I needed to get data from a Power Automate flow to an internal SFTP server. We are evaluating a couple of options for this but here's how you would do it with Apache Camel... Read more

How to set-up a 'sidecar' container to log events from your Kubernetes applicationt to Elasticsearch using Fluentd. Read more

I wrote previously about configuring logging on KrakenD as well as setting up JWT Security. This week I'm looking at how KrakenD can shape Requests and Responses from back-end systems. Read more

In a previous article I described getting a minimal KrakenD installation up and running using a simple Node Backend. I also configured logging and tracing so that I could see what was happening. Today I'm going to explore some of KrakenD's authentication capabilities. Read more

I wanted to see how Azure's Face API and Cognitive Services for Vision would stand-up against commercial off-the-shelf offerings. Here's what happened... Read more

We are currently looking for a API Gateway. Ideally I'd like something that is Open Source, DevOps friendly and has first class support for OpenApi in addition to its general API Gateway features. Today I'm playing with the excellently named KrakenD... Read more

Some lessons learned about hiring Software Engineers. Read more

What does the human appendix, a floppy disk and some agile processes have in common? Read more

How to add Link Preview support to your Hexo-based blog. Read more