5 Common Mistakes in Developing Maintainable Apps

Writing maintainable apps can be described as: don’t leave your t-shirt on the chair, because you will eventually have to put it back in the wardrobe… along with all the other t-shirts, trousers and jumpers, and it will require much more time and energy in the end. Your cat can also rip it in the meantime, sharpening its claws, and you will be sorry.

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Moving from Solr 3.x to Solr 5.5.x

I have spent a few days trying to translate the configs from a Solr 3.x instance to Solr 5.5.x. The process was a bit devastating and consumed a lot of time. I did a lot of googling and browsing the documentation but I haven’t found one place with all the information essential to get things going. This is a summary of what I have done and what might be helpful for others. Let’s go!

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