A Java geek

The OWASP stands for Open Worldwide Application Security Project: The Open Worldwide Application Security Project is an online community that produces freely available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies in the fields of IoT, system software and web application security. The OWASP provides free and open resources. It is led by a non-profit called The OWASP Foundation.

Last year, I wrote a post on Open Telemetry Tracing to understand more about the subject. I also created a demo around it, which featured the following components: The Apache APISIX API GatewayA Kotlin/Spring Boot serviceA Python/Flask serviceAnd a Rust/Axum service I’ve recently improved the demo to deepen my understanding and want to share my learning. Using a regular database In the initial demo, I didn’t bother with a regular database.

Last year, I started to use Excalidraw as a diagram tool. However, the SVG images didn’t display the font correctly. In this post, I’d like to explain the problem and offer a solution. Let’s create a sample drawing with Excalidraw. If you open the link, it should look something like this: However, in a browser, it looks like this: The code is straightforward: <img src='/path/to/sample.svg'> The font doesn’t display correctly.

I never moved away from Docker Desktop. For some time, after you use it to build an image, it prints a message: What's Next? View a summary of image vulnerabilities and recommendations → docker scout quickview I decided to give it a try. I’ll use the root commit of my OpenTelemetry tracing demo. Let’s execute the proposed command: docker scout quickview otel-catalog:1.

Last year, I wrote my first yearly retrospective. I liked the experience, so I’m trying one more time. Let the future decide if it will become a trend or not. Before diving into our safe technological world, my thoughts go to Ukraine, to my friends who had to flee their own country, to other friends who fought on the front to defend it from an imperial power, and to all victims of an old kleptocrat who clings to power despite the cost to others.