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Alexander Nikolov

Alexander Nikolov

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Senior backend engineer with interests in all IT layers - electronic engineering, hardware-software integration, software design and software engineering.

Java Multithreading explained: The Java Virtual Machine abstraction [Part 2]

May 23, 202312 min read 18 views

The Java Virtual Machine in a Nutshell The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is an abstract computing machine that enables a computer to run a Java program....

Java Multithreading explained: The Java Virtual Machine abstraction [Part 2]

Java multithreading explained: It all starts from the OS [Part 1]

May 22, 202312 min read 13 views

What is a thread? Operating System (OS) threads, often just called threads, are a way for a program to split itself into two or more simultaneously...

Java multithreading explained: It all starts from the OS [Part 1]

Implement WebSocket communication with RabbitMQ

Apr 22, 20234 min read 115 views

Introduction Real-time communication between client and server applications has become an essential feature in modern web applications. WebSocket is a...

Implement WebSocket communication with RabbitMQ

The testing pyramid strategy - practical application

Jul 3, 20216 min read 171 views

Software testing is an activity which ensures that a) the software we are implementing is doing the job as per functional and non-functional...

The testing pyramid strategy - practical application

Post-COVID: WFH vs WFO vs Hybrid

Jun 29, 20216 min read 89 views

The sci-fi movie COVID which pushed us hard in the early 2020 is slowly, but inevitably going to its final credits. Along the road it forced us...

Post-COVID: WFH vs WFO vs Hybrid

Implement full-text search with Hibernate Search and Apache Lucene

Jan 11, 20218 min read 159 views

There are a lot of possible ways for implementing search engine capabilities in our application. The straightforward path is searching by explicit...

Implement full-text search with Hibernate Search and Apache Lucene