Using Apache Avro for passing Java objects through a message broker
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Avro is a compact, schema-based data representation that is becoming increasingly important in messaging applications. See how it might be used with JMS.

Command-line hacking: Moon phases
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Estimating the phase of the Moon using the Linux Bash shell and standard command-line utilities.

Kafka Connect from the ground up
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Container from scratch
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Containers have become hugely important in the IT industry, and Linux provides numerous technologies to build, run, and orchestrate containers. This series of articles demonstrates how to build a minimal, but workable, Linux container infrastructure from the ground up, using only command-line tools.

Getting to grips with JMS shared subscriptions
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A step-by-step introduction to this poorly-understood feature of JMS 2.0.

Android custom ROMs: are they a security hazard?
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Cellphone vendors warn about installing 3rd-party firmware, but their own security standards are not above reproach. Which is the least worst approach to security?

Bayesian statistics for beginners
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An explanation from first principles of this much-misunderstood principle of statistical inference.

A very brief overview of Kotlin for Java developers
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A concise summary of how Kotlin compares with Java, and how Kotlin code runs on a Java JVM.

Rolling your own minimal embedded Linux for the Raspberry Pi
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A series of articles on building your own Rapsberry Pi Linux installation, for lightweight, appliance applications.

Why the fascination with retrocomputing?
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Why do so many IT professionals like to tinker with vintage computers and software?