Dan Tanner

Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?

I take vocal lessons, and one of the skills is controlling volume at different pitches.

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This is a list of the gear and software I use for my indoor cycling setup.

A caution against annotation-based web frameworks # Context Original problems solved by the Spring Framework "Helps me configure my application" "Reduces application server vendor lock-in" "Helps me manage my large monolithic app" "Reduces dependency mana…

Since the arrival of Java 17, I've heard a few people wonder "Does Kotlin still make sense, or should I just use Java?"

Overview # This article summarizes what I think of as essential homeowner tools for people interested in basic maintenance and improvements.

I built a basic but extensible monitoring tool to help people watch their systems.

The Student # I have a niece in her first year at a local university.

I recently finished spending a year collecting and comparing forecasts from four different providers for seven different locations across the US.

There's a great family camp my family has attended over the years.

I've been carrying water on my frame using a custom solution the last couple seasons.

tl;dr; markdown files + file syncing + built-in OS file searching = easy organized notes I've been doing more devops work the last couple years, which requires a broader and shallow level of knowledge vs. writing code in one or two languages for months at…

Every developer should be comfortable with curl.

The idea for this post started last week when a gifted teammate, whose experience lies outside JVM languages, asked me if it was still worth it to write Groovy over Java.

This is a super quick history and primer for those familiar with java, but unfamiliar with Joda-Time.

Ever wonder if you could modify a Grails datasource while the app is running?

Yesterday I was doing some Groovy code cleanup with the wonderful CodeNarc static analysis tool.

A few months ago, I promised Maria that I would get her and Daniela a playhouse for their birthdays.

Though the biggest domain name purchases are probably long-gone since the initial dot-com boom, they still remain a valued property.