Month: September 2018

This Tomcat/Java/Spring stack is getting a little out of control. I look around the web for samples and they are like, “okay first here are the ten configuration files you need. Here is the folder structure with 17 different folders; Here are the 27 different classes you’ll need to write; and voila, Hello World!”

I am having to fight for every inch. With all the duct tape and bubblegum I am putting on the samples and configurations that don’t quite work out of the box, the whole thing feels a little rickety. But it seems to work, so far.

As I develop this web site, I am being painfully reminded of how much work goes into a web site! And how much more difficult it is to learn new things at 45 than it was at 25. It seems like there is an ocean of new tools out there that all need to be configured and connected together. But I must learn them, if I want to keep up with the industry.

For the curious, I am using Apache httpd, Tomcat, and Java/Spring. And Bootstrap, and jQuery. That’s six things right there! And I have barely scratched the surface. None of these things are new to me, but it’s been a few years since I’ve used some of them and they are constantly changing.

Also, my brain hurts from blog spam comments, which are numerous.

Okay, that first post was pretty lame. This is the official real first post.

So, what am I doing here? Well, I am a software engineer by trade. Most software engineers who are trying to make a name for themselves have a web site and/or a blog. So, here’s mine. Can I make it awesome? Time will tell.

Thank you for visiting!

This is my first blog post. I have nothing fascinating to say as of yet. Except that this site is running on an ancient Mac Mini which I find to be quite entertaining. The End!