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JavaZPL Label Viewer — stop printing labels to find out they're wrong
The debug loop for shipping labels is the worst one I've worked in. You change a coordinate in a ZPL template. To find out whether…
Aug 21, 2026· 4 min read
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Javazpl-renderer — turning printer code into pixels, with no printer
If you've ever written the backend for anything that ships a physical parcel, you've met ZPL — Zebra Programming Language. It's th…
Aug 21, 2026· 4 min read
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FrontendLatch — a clipboard that never phones home
I built a keyboard-first clipboard manager for macOS. It captures everything you copy, skips your passwords, encrypts the rest on…
Aug 21, 2026· 6 min read
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JavaLudus: extracting a game backend from a monolith
I got tired of shipping a build every time I moved an enemy Changing a level in most games means shipping a build. New enemy place…
Aug 21, 2026· 7 min read
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Founder's Cockpit: An AI Org for Solo Founders
Why I Built It You're one person with an idea. You don't have a PM, a designer, a frontend engineer, a backend engineer, a QA, and…
May 23, 2026· 6 min read
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Getting Started with Spring Cloud: Practical Tips for Backend Engineers
Introduction Spring Cloud provides a suite of tools that simplify building distributed systems and microservices on the JVM. For b…
Nov 25, 2025· 2 min read
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Practical Kafka Implementation: From Zero to Running
Introduction to Kafka Kafka is more than a simple messaging queue — it’s a distributed event streaming platform designed for high…
Nov 21, 2025· 1 min read
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Getting Started with Domain-Driven Design in Backend Engineering
Introduction to Domain-Driven Design Domain-Driven Design, or DDD, is a software development approach focused on aligning your cod…
Nov 21, 2025· 1 min read
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Composer command helper plugin
How to handle the command's with magic. Magic is on the ui with some buttons to help you! Location: Top-right sidebar in PhpStorm…
Apr 21, 2025· 1 min read