Knowledge Base

the Maximum Transmission Unit - the largest packet size a network layer will transmit without fragmentation. For Ethernet, this is typically 1500 bytes; exceeding it splits the payload across multiple packets.

almost 3 seconds

generally the redheaded stepchild of IDEs for Java, now managed by apache since no-one else was willing to adopt it. Capable but an also-ran.

a hosted reverse tunnel service for exposing local services over HTTP/HTTPS/TCP without firewall configuration, with no self-hosted option and no end-to-end encryption by default

NodeJS is a server-side javascript runtime. It's generally what people think of when they think of Javascript on the server.

an authorization delegation framework (RFC 6749) allowing a resource owner to grant a third party limited access to their resources without sharing credentials. Not an authentication protocol on its own — that's a common

OpenID Connect, an identity layer built on top of OAuth2. Adds the ID token (a JWT), a UserInfo endpoint, and standardized claims — the parts OAuth2 deliberately left out. The current industry standard for federated auth

a "lightweight open framework" for building Java applications - it's a jakarta EE application server, just not branded explicitly as such.

an XML format for outlines, often used for import and export of RSS feeds.

Borland's relational database for DOS/Windows; PAL (Paradox Application Language) let you build form-based apps without SQL. Largely forgotten once Access showed up because who knew people don't think in tuples. Fantasti

a zero-config bundler that is supposed to just work out of the box. Reportedly great developer experience, no setup required.

Parquet is an open-source, column-oriented data format designed for efficient storage and retrieval. It's meant more for bulk data than specific object serialization.

Apache PDFBox - a Java library for working with PDF documents; handles text extraction, form filling, PDF creation, and rendering; the right choice when Tika is overkill and you only need PDFs

Guidelines for Handling Bug Reports

Deprecation of Standard Modules

Structural Pattern Matching

Apache POI - the Java library for reading and writing Microsoft Office formats (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and their legacy equivalents); what Tika delegates to internally for Office documents

Primate is an opinionated, largely language-neutral web framework. It supports multiple front ends, backends, and runtimes, with a tendency towards to the javascript ecosystem.