https://ampretia.co.uk/tags/engineering/Recent content in Engineering on Ampretia:DevHugoen-gbTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ampretia.co.uk/post/smallrye-config-standalone/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ampretia.co.uk/post/smallrye-config-standalone/SmallRye Config works outside Quarkus and MicroProfile. Here is a standalone example that wires CLI args, env vars, YAML files, and type-safe mappings together in a plain Java main().https://ampretia.co.uk/post/pozidriv-screwdriver/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ampretia.co.uk/post/pozidriv-screwdriver/A take on the old hammer-and-nail aphorism — and what a screwdriver tells us about tool selection, local maxima, and the difference between good enough and optimal.https://ampretia.co.uk/post/2026-08-14-cve-hunt/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ampretia.co.uk/post/2026-08-14-cve-hunt/<p>Two scanners. One said nothing. One said there was a problem.</p> <p>That&rsquo;s where this started — and that gap is exactly the kind of thing that should make you curious rather than relieved.</p> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <h2 id="the-setup">The Setup</h2> <p>The container registry scanner — the main one, the one whose output the team relied on — flagged nothing. All clear. The secondary scanner, run as part of a broader policy check, flagged a mid-severity CVE from 2024. Old finding, mid-level severity, and the primary scanner wasn&rsquo;t concerned. The natural read: false positive, secondary scanner being noisy, move on.</p>https://ampretia.co.uk/post/the-friction-feature/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ampretia.co.uk/post/the-friction-feature/Why the inbuilt tax of traditional software development wasn&rsquo;t a bug — and what happens when AI removes it entirely.