--- title: "madalin ilie (@ludovicianul) | Hashnode" description: "geek. Read the latest articles by madalin ilie on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@ludovicianul" --- @ludovicianul # madalin ilie @ludovicianul · Joined December 2020 geek ### [An incomplete list of practices to improve security of your (micro)services](https://ludovicianul.hashnode.dev/an-incomplete-list-of-practices-to-improve-security-of-your-microservices?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Software security is hard and complex. Many people think about it as something aside from the typical development process. It's usually seen as a responsibility of some security people that only care about security and don't understand that we need ... 19 min read · [ludovicianul.hashnode.dev](https://ludovicianul.hashnode.dev/an-incomplete-list-of-practices-to-improve-security-of-your-microservices?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jul 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/an-incomplete-list-of-practices-to-improve-security-of-your-microservices/60e57bdb4aacd630482468d2) ### [How to write self-healing functional API tests with no coding effort](https://ludovicianul.hashnode.dev/how-to-write-self-healing-functional-api-tests-with-no-coding-effort-1?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Context APIs are everywhere, and it's critical to have ways to efficiently test that they work correctly. There are several tools out there that are used for API testing, and the vast majority will require you to write the tests from scratch, even t... 17 min read · [ludovicianul.hashnode.dev](https://ludovicianul.hashnode.dev/how-to-write-self-healing-functional-api-tests-with-no-coding-effort-1?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Dec 18, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-write-self-healing-functional-api-tests-with-no-coding-effort-1/5fdcb383b78ac62dff80b59d) ### [Pretty Logger for Java - improve the aesthetics of java console apps](https://ludovicianul.hashnode.dev/pretty-logger-for-java-improve-the-aesthetics-of-java-console-apps?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Overview Java might not be the first choice when wanting to build command line applications, but as a Java developer myself, I don't see any reason for not doing so. With the rise of frameworks like Spring Boot or Quarkus and GraalVM you can create f... 3 min read · [ludovicianul.hashnode.dev](https://ludovicianul.hashnode.dev/pretty-logger-for-java-improve-the-aesthetics-of-java-console-apps?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [2](https://hashnode.com/posts/pretty-logger-for-java-improve-the-aesthetics-of-java-console-apps/5fda058cdf6ee928d12ba6f6) [Dec 16, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/pretty-logger-for-java-improve-the-aesthetics-of-java-console-apps/5fda058cdf6ee928d12ba6f6)