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July 11, 2019 / 1 min read

Postgres: role “postgres” does not exist

Fix FATAL: role “postgres” does not exist with Postgres.app on MacOs

Java Spring Spring Boot Database Postgres PostgreSQL

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January 4, 2018 / 1 min read

Fix the GradleWorkerMain OutOfMemoryException

Setting the memory size in Gradle to prevent OutOfMemoryExceptions

Java Spring Spring Boot Tomcat Gradle OutOfMemoryException Tests

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November 19, 2017 / 1 min read

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Environment Properties not passed for Tomcat

Deploying apps to Elastic Beanstalk can bring surprises when using newer Tomcat versions

Java Spring Spring Boot Tomcat AWS Amazon Web Services Elastic Beanstalk

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November 12, 2017 / 1 min read

Set the Username and Email in git globally or per project

Overview on how to configure your git username and your email for different use cases.

git cli

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September 26, 2017 / 1 min read

Architecture documentation problems

Architecture changes over time and it is not easy to keep the documentation up-to-date. As a result you get an invalid description of your architecture.

Architecture Documentation Markdown Maven Gradle PlantUML

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