Dynamic Enums

But can one even make Enums dynamic? Enums, by definition, are static. They are used to “predefine” constants. I’ll let the official Oracle Java Tutorial on Enums to help explain the definition....

July 3, 2021 · 17 min

The Java Constants Interface Anti-Pattern

How do you define and use constants in Java? Most advice on Internet has the following opinions: Declare public static final for constants in a class Do not use Interfaces for constants The most common way to define a constant is in a class and using public static final....

November 8, 2020 · 5 min

How to change Java Version/JAVA_HOME for Ant?

I wrote this earlier on a Github gist, but putting it here for a consolidated reference. Want to change Java Version/JAVA_HOME for Ant builds? Open ~/.antrc file by running vim ~/....

June 15, 2020 · 1 min

How to achieve a 50% reduction in Redis memory usage

Yes, you read that right. To give you some context, some time ago, our (my org’s) Redis usage was un-tracked – meaning we didn’t know why our Redis memory was being occupied as much as it was....

May 10, 2020 · 11 min

Using IntelliJ IDEA Live Templates

IntelliJ IDEA is an awesome IDE, and a lesser known and used feature is Live Templates. Live Templates enable you to use code snippets with just a few keystrokes. A lot of great ones are provided out-of-the-box by IntelliJ....

September 1, 2019 · 3 min