The Best of Dubai: A review of all that we did and liked the most

We stayed 8 days in Dubai and in this post, we describe the best attractions and what you need to know before going to Dubai.

Created: June 2, 2024 · João Vieira (JV) ·  Travel

Dubai Desert Safari: Is it worth it?

We travel to Dubai and we took a Desert Safari tour to see the two things that we wanted the most: Camel ride and desert view. But, is it worth it?

Created: May 27, 2024 · João Vieira (JV) ·  Travel

Learnings from the book The Good Enough Job

These are my learnings from the book The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work

Learnings from the book Designing Data-Intensive Applications

These are my learnings from the book Designing Data-Intensive Applications

How to Migrate Spring Boot from 2.7 to 3.2: A detailed migration guide

I have recently migrated several projects and libraries from Spring Boot 2.7.15 to Spring Boot 3.2.4 and I would like to share some insights into the changes

Migrating Spring Sleuth to Micrometer Observability in Spring Boot 3

Spring Sleuth was removed in Spring Boot version 3 in favor of Micrometer and I recently migrated many services and want to share the learnings with you.

Replacing deprecated @EnableResourceServer with Spring Security

We recently replaced the deprecated @EnableResourceServer with Spring Security and in this post I will share what we did and the new code.

Hiking the Tunnel Bluffs from Lions Bay trail

Tunnel Bluffs from Lions Bay is a really nice moderate hike with an amazing view at the end

Created: March 23, 2024 · João Vieira (JV) ·  Adventures

Hiking BCMC Trail in Winter

BCMC is one of the most popular hikes in Grouse Mountain and the view in winter is amazing

Created: March 6, 2024 · João Vieira (JV) ·  Adventures

Learnings from the book Outlive

These are my learnings from the book Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity written by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford.