The past two years have brought significant challenges to the IT and software engineering markets. However, we're finally seeing positive trends on the horizon. If you're a software professional considering your next career move, now is the time to reflect on how these recent years have reshaped your priorities. It's crucial to seek out opportunities that align with your values and professional goals.
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Generative AI is all the hype lately, so why not show how to call the OpenAI GPT-4 ChatGPT API from Kotlin using Spring-AI?!? It can be done with a surprisingly small amount of upfront setup. So here is an example REST API that returns either a Quote or a Haiku written by the all-knowing genie of GenAI itself -- GPT-4.
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QA used to be the gatekeepers for Quality, now they're just "the testers." What happened?
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A common theme across some of my recent client engagements is that the team's gut sense doesn't align with the metrics we see in the bug tracker. "We closed 10 out of 12 issues in Jira this sprint," a team will report. Looking at the numbers, this is great news - but we can easily start to believe that there's only two bugs left. In our gut, we know there's more out there, so tho question is, can we get a better metric?
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At DevObsessed, we understand these challenges intimately. We don't push a one-size-fits-all technology solution. Instead, our approach is rooted in understanding the nuances of each business's needs. Of course, we have our favorite tools and platforms, but not because of brand loyalty, but because of our hands-on experience with a variety of solutions and witnessing their impact in different scenarios.
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When using interfaces to define mapping and POJOs annotated with Lombok’s Builder, the signature for afterMapping needs to match the entry point of the mapper, with the additional parameter of the mapping target’s builder.
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A quick lesson learned in consulting is that most every software organization has custom tailored setups in a variety of ways. As consultants on our first days at a new client we'll begin gathering environmental information in all forms. We'll see a variety of programming languages, API gateways, infrastructure as code utilities, databases, and more. In our quest to quickly build confidence and cohesion between ourselves and our new partner team, we'll inevitably dive into project onboarding & setup instructions. Our goals are to get up and running efficiently while updating the steps involved along the way.
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