I have always been excited about the world of gaming and we have hit a stage where all gamers are online and play against each other in a networked environment. So it is becoming a challenge as well as a necessity to keep track of the Game Leader Board online…

As someone who has attended a lot of interviews for Software Engineering jobs and also as someone who has interviewed a lot of potential candidates for Software Engineering jobs, I thought I can share some of the things I learnt during those hours spent as interviewer/interviewee. …

Sleep There are so many research that backs the benefits of good sleep. This is particularly important for Software Engineers as it will improve cognitive ability. A well rested brain can solve problems efficiently and no amount of caffeine can replace a good 6+ hours of sleep. …

The Magic behind Spring Boot 2 This post is a continuation of The Magic behind Spring Boot (recommended to read this) which introduced readers on how to write a custom Spring Boot Auto Configuration and using it to initial and inject a GreeterService. In this post however we are going…

“One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering” — Robert A. Heinlein Spring boot is a very famous rapid application development platform which enables default auto configurations based on whats available in the classpath and enables to write applications which just run. …

Java is nearing its next Long Term Support (LTS) Release which is Java 17. Thus far it has released Java 16 General Availability (GA) Release which can be used in Production. There are some new features available in Java 16 which we are going to look at right now. Record …

When Canadian entrepreneur Garrett Camp sold his startup StumbleUpon to Ebay in late 2000’s he was a rich millionaire in his twenties and as with any twenty year old was living a carefree life with a lot of money in the bank. …

During the past decade (2010 onward) Sri Lanka has become an hot bed for startups. Prior to 2010 there were only a handful e-commerce or digital ventures in the country and now it is like every weekend there is a hackathon, Startup meetup, etc. happening in Sri Lanka. …

I managed to write my first book “Spring Boot 2.0 Projects: Build production-grade reactive applications and microservices with Spring Boot” (available at amazon) and get it published mid this year. A lot of people wanted to know about the journey and how I started and ended the book so this…