John Mercier articles - 11 total
Comparing lombok features with groovy
Lombok Lombok is a java annotation processor which generates boilerplate code automaticall...
Plain text vs plaintext
Sometimes when we are programming we don't always do the right thing. This can easily be the result o...
Converting names in C to Java
The x11 protocol is described in several xml files in the xcb project. These files define structures...
Exception Scenarios for Java's try-with-resources
Have you ever ran into an exception thrown by a try-with-resources block and wondered how it works? T...
marking parameters and local variables as final
In a few projects at work everything is declared final. Even parameters and local variables. I believ...
Let's code: graphs in java
I have been obsessed with graphs for a few years now. This obsession has resulted in three projects:...
emojis for developers
What emojis do you often use? I just found about these: ❌, ✔️. I would like to find some emojis for t...
What is your $PS1?
Everyone has a different preference for $PS1 in bash what is yours?
debugging the micronaut package and code smells in nix
I am the maintainer for NixOS's micronaut package. This package installs the micronaut cli which can...
Project Escher
I'm really interested in x11 but I am a java developer. Java covers most desktop application developm...
Mocking private static final log
Tests for logging is something I have tried to avoid in the past. Today I had to write some code whic...