One of the missing elements while using MongoDB is lack of the auto-increment fields, commonly called sequences (e.g. in PostgreSQL). For MongoDB Atlas (managed MongoDB solution) there is a posibility to mimic this feature using database triggers (as mentioned on MongoDB page). Continue reading →

Last week we found out that in some cases our application is showing redundant data on error - for example stacktrace. To hide such info we can implement custom error handler - this is how! Continue reading →

Processing resource files to add version from pom.xml seems easy - until it breaks binary files (for example, images). Let’s make sure it works as expected. Continue reading →

Yep, that’s another story of “always check if serialising and de-serialising works as expected”. And some kind of reminder for future-me if I forgot about this! ;-) Continue reading →