A challenging solution needed

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Some years ago I was presented to a project that needed a solution. No news at this point, that is the reality of any IT professional on daily basis. But then they started talking about the requirements… well, let me show them: They had a web-based system running in that classical way: a new company pay … Read more

Using Docker to deal with a TomEE missing feature

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When I and Bruno Souza were writing the article “Step-by-Step High Availability with Docker and Java EE” we faced a little issue with an Apache TomEE cluster feature: the “hot” deployment thru the cluster nodes isn’t still available, although the configuration at the server.xml is already defined: <Deployer className=”org.apache.catalina.ha.deploy.FarmWarDeployer” deployDir=”/tmp/war-deploy/” tempDir=”/tmp/war-temp/” watchDir=”/tmp/war-listen/” watchEnabled=”true”/> The point is: if you deploy a new version … Read more

Think your career and move forward 

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Today I will not share any architecture content, but a little career advice. I’ve been doing what I do for 17 years and, of course, still have a lot to learn. If you think you don’t you surely should change your mind set… One of the lasts things that I’ve learned is: think your career … Read more