Serializing collections with Jackson in Scala and renaming the nested element

This is a workaround for XML collection duplicated element names that I was fixing recently. We use case classes in Scala and the Jackson library for XML serialization. We have a class that has a list of some nested class. When serializing it, we would like to name the nested element properly. We start with … Continue reading Serializing collections with Jackson in Scala and renaming the nested element

Bit Twiddling Part 4 — Disabling CTRL+ALT+HOME in mstsc.exe (Windows RDP client)

This is the fourth part of the Bit Twiddling series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Par 1 — Modifying Android application on a binary level Today we’re going to disable CTRL+ALT+HOME shortcut in mstsc. We want to disable the shortcut so it doesn’t “unfocus” the RDP … Continue reading Bit Twiddling Part 4 — Disabling CTRL+ALT+HOME in mstsc.exe (Windows RDP client)

Availability Anywhere Part 27 — Tools for remote work from laptops and XR/VR/AR

This is the twentieth seventh part of the Availability Anywhere series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Part 1 – Connecting to SSH tunnel automatically in Windows Last time we discussed how to work remotely. Let’s now look at that from a different perspective and see various … Continue reading Availability Anywhere Part 27 — Tools for remote work from laptops and XR/VR/AR

Availability Anywhere Part 26 — Working remotely like a pro

This is the twentieth sixth part of the Availability Anywhere series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Part 1 – Connecting to SSH tunnel automatically in Windows Over the years I improved my remote work setup significantly. This blog post summarizes what various approaches I took and … Continue reading Availability Anywhere Part 26 — Working remotely like a pro

Types and Programming Languages Part 20 – Measuring how hard your work is

This is the twentieth part of the Types and Programming Languages series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Part 1 — Do not return in finally Sometimes you may ask yourself how hard you work. You could count the hours of work but we all know that … Continue reading Types and Programming Languages Part 20 – Measuring how hard your work is