Last week Red Hat introduced Quarkus which is a “next-generation Kubernetes native Java framework” that is available as open source. Quarkus promises really fast boot times and low memory usages. T...
Developing resilient Microservices with Istio and MicroProfile
As stated in the reactive manifesto cloud-native reactive applications need to be resilient: The system stays responsive in the face of failure. This applies not only to highly-available, missi...
Dockerizing Java MicroProfile Applications
For cloud-native applications Kubernetes and Istio deliver a lot of important functionality out of the box, for example to ensure resiliency and scalability. This functionality works generically fo...
Debugging Microservices running in Kubernetes
In order to learn more about microservices, container orchestration and service meshes, I’ve set up a local development environment with Minikube, Istio and tools like Kiali and created a sample ap...
Setup of a Local Kubernetes and Istio Dev Environment
As developer I like to do as much development as possible locally, because it’s generally easier and faster to develop and debug code. In order to build cloud-native applications and microservices,...
Developing and debugging Microservices with Java
Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for deploying and managing containerized applications in public, private and hybrid cloud environments. While Kubernetes is really powerful, it’s not the...
IBM announced Managed Istio and Managed Knative
At Think 2019 IBM announced two new add-ons to the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service: Managed Istio and Managed Knative. My Point of View I like this functionality a lot. Istio is a key component when...
Recent Java Updates from IBM
In preparation for a Java conference, I’ve spent some time to catch up on the latest activities in the Java community. With Java EE’s move to Eclipse and projects like MicroProfile there are a lot ...
Three Minutes Demo of Blue Cloud Mirror
Blue Cloud Mirror is a game where players need to show specific emotions and do specific poses. The game is a showcase of various IBM Cloud technologies. I’ve created a short video to show how to ...
Blue Cloud Mirror Architecture Diagrams
Blue Cloud Mirror is a game where players need to show specific emotions and do specific poses. In this article I describe briefly the used technologies. You can play the game online. All you need...