j4u.hashnode.devEclipse Che on microk8s In my ongoing search for cloud-native development tools I came across Eclipse Che, a developer workspaces solution for Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes. It is the upstream, open-source project to the 4d ago·5 min read
j4u.hashnode.devThoughts on Garden, Skaffold and TiltBackground I have been evaluating various local Kubernetes development tools, searching for a good developer experience for building cloud-native applications. I am currently thinking of Java, C# and Python only. What do I mean by a good developer ex...Feb 16·5 min read
j4u.hashnode.devCloud-native application development with .NET Aspire and aspirateAfter evaluating RedHat ODO, colleagues from the .NET universe happened to enlighten me about .NET Aspire and aspirate, setting me up for a short .NET adventure. This is a short post on how to locally develop a cloud-native distributed .NET Aspire ap...Jan 16·3 min read
j4u.hashnode.devDebian packaging Maven projects with JNI librariesBackground I recently had an opportunity to create a Debian package, from scratch, for a Maven-based Java project. The upstream project, as it is called in Debian parlance, is a Java security provider. It offers a Java API to the FIPS module of the s...Dec 19, 2025·6 min read
j4u.hashnode.devCloud-native application development with devfilesBackground In the previous post, I briefly introduced the concept of a development container. In my opinion, the most significant problem solved by these is the this-does-not-work-on-my-machine issue. Development containers ensure that members of a t...Dec 5, 2025·4 min read
