Tech Unit Testing Log4j2 in Kotlin When unit testing a class, we would usually mock or stub any dependencies required. The conventional approach to unit testing if we logged a message would be to create a mock implementation of the logger class. We then verify that the mock logger invoked the logging method. For Log4j2, we can use a simpler approach of injecting a custom Appender… Sep 8, 2022 · 4 min read
Jun 27 A Quick Guide To FFmpeg FFmpeg is a powerful collection of libraries and tools that allows you to work with media files. You can use it to convert video files between different formats, re-encode a… 4 min read Tech
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Feb 04 Setting up HQ Video playback on Windows I recently had to setup a new Windows PC, and I realised that the resources for setting up HQ local video playback were all over the place. I decided to… 4 min read Tech
