Guides & Articles

By default, each Apache Camel route has its own error handler, meaning each independently catches and handles Exceptions thrown within it.  But, what if a “parent route” needs to catch and handle Exceptions thrown by a sub-route?  Here’s one approach:

Here’s a quick tip: the easiest way to find transaction leaks in Wildfly/JCA.

Today was not a good day.  In short, a nonprofit’s online donation form was hit 1,285 times in an attempt to validate stolen credit cards.  Unfortunately, 120 of those succeeded, meaning our Stripe account had over $600 in fraudulent donations.  I needed a quick way to fully refund those charges, but in bulk.  Through the Java […]

Getting right to the point, many (possibly even most) software/web developers will simply hand you the deliverable upon project completion and call it a day. The tools and processes used are often held back, forcing you to always go through them for updates or eventually argue with them to get what you need. Although the […]

This morning, I stumbled across this blog post, describing “Good Consultants vs. Bad Consultants”.  Although it’s a little rough around the edges, the points it makes are important.