12 Jan 2026

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Kotlin Code Style: Best Practices for Former Java Developers

Many Kotlin codebases are written by developers with a Java background. The syntax is Kotlin, but the mindset is often still Java, resulting in what can be called "Java with a Kotlin accent." This style compiles and runs, but it misses the core advantages of Kotlin: conciseness, expressiveness, and safety.

Common symptoms include:

12 Jan 2026 7:00pm GMT

08 Jan 2026

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Building a Containerized Quarkus API and a CI/CD Pipeline on AWS EKS/Fargate with CDK

In a recent post, I have demonstrated the benefits of using AWS ECS (Elastic Container Service), with Quarkus and the CDK (Cloud Development Kit), in order to implement an API for the customer management.

In the continuity of this previous post, the current one will try to go a bit further and replace ECS by EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) as the environment for running containerized workloads. Additionally, an automated CI/CD pipeline, using AWS CodePipeline and AWS CodeBuild, is provided.

08 Jan 2026 2:00pm GMT

07 Jan 2026

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Automated Deployment Using a CI/CD Pipeline (Mule 4 | CloudHub 2.0)

The purpose of this article is to depict and demonstrate how to automate the build and deployment process using a CI/CD pipeline with CloudHub 2.0 (Mule 4).

Prerequisites

CICD Pipe Line Image

07 Jan 2026 4:00pm GMT