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Testing the Untestable: A Simple Way to Handle Static Methods in Legacy Java

This is a pretty straightforward way to test untestable code.

2 weeks ago

Access modifiers have long been seen as essential to safe and clean code. But they’re ultimately a low-level mechanism for express...

Sep 21, 2025

You learn by comparing to what you already know. I was recently bitten by assuming Rust worked as Java regarding transitive depend...

Sep 18, 2025

Java has powerful tools for ML:**DeepLearning4J, Tribuo, and Smile. In this article, we’ll explore how to use these libraries, sho...

Sep 04, 2025

In this post, I've described two usages of the GoF's creational patterns, which aren't listed in the book: improving maintainabili...

Aug 18, 2025

Avoid methods that return Object, Any, or null instead of specific types. Make them fully polymorphic