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public java.lang.String toString() {
    final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
    return gson.toJson(this);
}

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Challenges with built-in item readers in Spring Batch

Lately I have done a lot of work with spring-batch. The learning curve is quite steep because there are a lot concepts and principles to master before you can start using it effectively. By now I've read every page of documentation and a number of blogs. Once you get going you think you know what you are doing, but there are still a lot of pitfalls that can trip you up. Here are three.

Any paging item reader

When using a paging item reader and performing processing on the returned items, beware that you could be changing the results of your query between chunks, which means that page 2 might contain different records before processing page 1 and after processing page 1. This can result either in certain records not being returned by your item reader, or others being

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Setting competency-based goals

For my current performance review cycle, I decided to experiment with goals worded in terms of competencies, rather than tasks. The purpose of which is to focus on developing competencies, instead of just measuring tasks completed.

Performance management at BSG

At BSG, we take professional development seriously and set goals around contribution areas related to individual roles every six months. The key is regular, incremental feedback from peers and regular progress conversations with Career Facilitators. This encourages continuous improvement, and once you have demonstrated the competencies needed to move to the next job grade, a promotion is on the cards.

Wording goals

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SET SQL_SAFE_UPDATES = 0;

drop table if exists scramble;
create temporary table scramble (SELECT 
	employee_id.id,
    first_name.first_name,
    last_name.last_name
FROM
(
    -- randomise employee id

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#!/bin/bash

# Run with `sudo`

STORAGEACCOUNT_NAME=$1
STORAGEACCOUNT_KEY=$2
if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Storage Account Name not set..." && exit 2 ; fi
if [ -z "$2" ]; then echo "Storage Account Key not set..." && exit 2 ; fi

echo "# Install CIFS" 

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

usage(){
# ============================================================
echo This script removes all images of the same repository and
echo older than the provided image from the docker instance.
echo
echo This cleans up older images, but retains layers from the
echo provided image, which makes them available for caching.
echo

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kind: CronJob
apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: teamcity-server-backup
  labels:
    app: teamcity
    type: cron

spec:
  schedule: "30 10,20 * * 1-5" # Every weekday at 10:30, and 20:30 UTC

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kind: Job
apiVersion: batch/v1
metadata:
  name: teamcity-server-backup-restorer

spec:
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: teamcity

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package com.example.nieldw

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test

fun logger(lambda: () -> Unit): Lazy<Logger> = lazy { LogManager.getLogger(getClassName(lambda.javaClass)) }
private fun <T : Any> getClassName(clazz: Class<T>): String = clazz.name.replace(Regex("""\$.*$"""), "")

val topLog by logger { }

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package com.example.nieldw

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test

fun logger(lambda: () -> Unit): Lazy<Logger> = lazy { LogManager.getLogger(getClassName(lambda.javaClass)) }
private fun <T : Any> getClassName(clazz: Class<T>): String = clazz.name.replace(Regex("""\$.*$"""), "")

class TopLevelLoggingTest {