Hi, I'm Martin Beentjes
I have been coding for 5 years. You can find me on Twitter as @martinbeentjes I live in the Netherlands. I mostly program in these languages: Java, Go, C, C#. I am currently learning more about Go....
View ArticleNative or browser based applications?
A lot of applications used today are based upon a browser based technology like Electron. Spotify transitioned from a native application to a browser based application. Spotify did this based upon...
View ArticleBeing a Junior Software Developer
Hey! I am a junior software developer working with Java 8 and Spring (Boot) Framework. It has been around two/three months since I started. Time to start sharing some of my experiences of being a...
View ArticleDaily routine
Everybody has their daily routine. I thought about sharing my routine with you. I try to get around eight hours of sleep. Before I go to bed, I close off all digital media and go and read a book. I try...
View ArticleNote taking as a developer
Four questions: When you are in a meeting, how do you take your notes? When you are at a conference, do you take notes of a talk? When you are brainstorming, how are you taking notes? What is your way...
View ArticleMaven or Gradle?
Currently, I am migrating from Java to Kotlin. One of the changes I am not making is to move from Maven to Gradle. This is something we should probably discuss company wide to do or not. I am curious...
View ArticleTrying out Ktor as a Spring Developer - The beginning
Introduction Spring Boot is the standard framework for backend services. Every backend service I write is in Kotlin with Spring Boot. I prefer Kotlin over Java because Kotlin is less verbose and much...
View ArticleStarting a project...
I am working on a prototype to workout an idea my girlfriend is having. I am proficient with Spring (and Java or Kotlin), but she only works with Python. Now I want to make it possible for her to work...
View ArticleWhy seems React to be so extremely complex
Let's keep this short. I am working on prototyping some ideas I am having, but React keeps being so unbelievably complex. I am a backend engineer. However, I would like to extend my knowledge and work...
View ArticleHow to design an overview of events
Hey fellow devs!I am thinking about the following project. I want to create a page which shows an overview of upcoming events. The events are cultural, nature focused. And they follow a somewhat...
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