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Generating Flame Graph for Java App

Generating Flame Graph for Java App

Profiling is good. Errrrm, it’s good for debugging the performance and runtime of a Java app, in particular the functions that the CPU spends most of its cycles in. We recently had a customer filed bug where CPU usage for a particular java based process would...
Seeding mongodb via docker-compose

Seeding mongodb via docker-compose

As a developer checking out a project or codebase, I liken the experience to going to a car dealer for a test drive. I just want to get to the “test drive” as quickly as possible – I don’t want to sign a bunch of papers, talk with multiple employees, and spend...

Learn Kubernetes by doing

Lots of learning styles out there. I prefer to learn by practice. Getting my hands dirty and going from A -> Z, quite often using the straw-man approach. My employer, MapR, is working on a native Kubernetes (K8S) offering. To this end, understanding how to use K8S...