Understanding skillOverrides in Claude Code
What skillOverrides controls, its four visibility states, and why it touches your own skills but not plugin skills
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How to Enable and Disable Plugins with enabledPlugins in Claude Code
Turn a plugin on or off, and opt out of a project-enabled plugin on your own machine, using the enabledPlugins setting
Understanding enabledPlugins in Claude Code
What the enabledPlugins setting is, how its three states work, and why project scope can override your user scope
Constructor Rules: Class Must Have Exactly One Primary Constructor
Senior developers write classes with one primary constructor
Claude Code: Add Plugin to a Project
Why you should know when to add a plugin to a project VS when to add it to your user scope
Constructor Rules: Class Must Have at Least One Constructor
Why senior developers never write a class without a constructor
The Main Role of a Class
Why senior developers think differently about classes
So what exactly is a whitespace in Java?
In-depth look at how to deal with whitespaces in Java like a true senior developer
Adventures of a Java programmer in Character.AI land
Can Character.AI help Java programmers increase productivity?
Adventures of a Java programmer in ChatGPT land (part 1)
How Java programmers can use ChatGPT to increase productivity (part 1)
3 ways to write higher quality software by using type inference
How senior developers use type inference in Java
Iterable is beautiful
Why using Iterable in Java gives your callers a lot of freedom and flexibility
How to install Java 19 (OpenJDK 19) on Windows
The easiest way to install Java 19 (OpenJDK 19) on Windows
How to install Java 19 (OpenJDK 19) on MacOS
The easiest way to install Java 19 (OpenJDK 19) on MacOS
Ultimate guide to sorting strings in Java
The minimum every senior developer must know about sorting strings in Java
The right tool for the job is a lie
How senior developers know the really right tool for the job?
Don't prefix JUnit tests with the word test
Why senior developers never prefix JUnit tests with the word test
How to install Java 18 (OpenJDK 18) on Windows
The easiest way to install Java 18 (OpenJDK 18) on Windows
New in Java 18: Deprecation of Finalization Mechanism
Leave finalization in the past!
My 7½ year old learned 4 bash (Linux) commands in one hour
How I taught my 7½ year old 4 bash commands in one hour
New in Java 18: Code snippets in Javadoc (part 2)
Write better Javadoc using code snippets (part 2)
New in Java 18: UTF-8 by default
The minimum every senior developer must know about UTF-8 by default in Java 18
New in Java 18: Simple Web Server (part 2)
Use Simple Web Server programmatically like a real senior developer
New in Java 18: Simple Web Server (part 1)
Use jwebserver like a pro
New in Java 18: Code snippets in Javadoc (part 1)
Write better Javadoc using code snippets (part 1)
Use jEnv to manage JDKs
How senior developers manage multiple JDKs with jEnv
How to install Java 18 (OpenJDK 18) on MacOS
The easiest way to install Java 18 (OpenJDK 18) on MacOS