My Musings

Traversal is the bane of query performance in Apache Jackrabbit Oak, learn what traversal means and how to avoid it.

How to use the Maven dependency plugin and bnd to dump all of the packages used by the dependencies of a Maven project to make it easier to wrap a library as an OSGi bundle

There are numerous plugins for Maven which make it easier to work with AEM from the command line, however the documentation for the plugins is sprinkled across a number of plugin sites. Mastering these Maven commands makes it easier and quicker for you to develop code.

Exploring Apache Jackrabbit Oak indexes with Luke

The how and the why of logging in AEM to support cloud scale observability

Understand leverage and how it applies to your career growth to create an easy to understand path to grow your career in consulting by aligning your personal growth with the goals of your employer

Experimenting with using Unicode characters in the JCR

A new version of Sling CMS, version 1.1.0 was just released. Highlights include improved thumbnail support as well as resolved bugs.

There's a paradox in your career as a consultant: which project assignments you get are one of the most important things to drive your career, yet you have little control over what projects you are assigned to. So how do you make sure to get the creme de la creme of assignments?

Building a great API is much more than picking the right tech, the quality of an API is driven by the quality of the documentation, upgrade path, libraries and the consistency and execution of the API. However, bu chosing the most applicable format you can get a great start and best position your API for the consumers needs.

How to use JConsole do diagnose a "bricked" AEM instance

It's going to be a busy autumn! I'm excited to present at two back-to-back conferences this fall: AdaptTo (Sept 27-29th) and Adobe Developers Live (Oct 4-5th)!