Marko Milenkovic

I'm Marko — a Java backend engineer writing about what actually works: performance benchmarks, JUnit, SQL Server, and JVM internals.

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Start here Fastest Way to Insert Data in MS SQL — a 4-part series

Fastest Way To Insert the Data in MS SQL – Part 4 – Turning on the useBulkCopyForBatchInsert Parameter
May 8, 2024 · 4 min read · java ms sql server ·
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In previous discussions, we established that bulk insert and multi-value batched inserts represent the fastest methods for inserting data into an MS SQL Server database.

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Best Practices That You Should Follow When Extracting Zip Archive in Java
Dec 6, 2022 · 5 min read · zip java ·
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Extracting archive files without controlling resource consumption is security-sensitive and can lead to denial of service. Our code executes on servers, but you should know that servers have limits. Based on this, check how many hardware resources your code can consume.

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Setting up Junit 5 Parallel Test Execution With Maven
Oct 15, 2022 · 6 min read · java maven junit 5 testing parallel tests concurrent tests junit testing java testing junit 5 testing multithreaded tests in java ·
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Introduction We need fast-build pipelines. This is because we need fast feedback from our pipeline in order to be more productive. If something is wrong with our code, then we want our pipeline to fail fast.

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10 Mistakes That Java Developers Make That Prevent Them From Being Successful Developers
Jun 11, 2021 · 5 min read · java java developers mistakes java mistakes developers mistakes successful developers ·
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Based on my previous experience, I created a list of 10 mistakes that developers made, preventing them from being a great developer. Here is the list:
1. Not writing unit tests Developers that don’t write unit tests produce more bugs from the code they write and maintain.
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Selected Work

fastest-insert

Benchmark harness behind the "Fastest Way To Insert Data in MS SQL" post series — JDBC, Hibernate, JdbcTemplate and bulk API compared.

Java

blog-examples

Runnable code examples for posts on professionaldev.dev — clone, mvn test, verify.

Java

ahk-setup

My AutoHotkey setup — keyboard-driven workflow on Windows.

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Latest

Fastest Way To Insert the Data in MS SQL – Part 3 – Multi-value insert vs Bulk ApiFeb 11, 2024
Fastest Way To Insert the Data in MS SQL – Part 2 – Hibernate vs Prepared Statement vs Jdbc Template vs Bulk ApiOct 21, 2023
Fastest way to insert the data in MS SQL - Part 1 Hibernate BatchingOct 5, 2023
TIL: String.isBlank() vs isEmpty()TIL · Oct 12, 2026

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Marko Milenkovic

Fastest Way To Insert the Data in MS SQL – Part 4 – Turning on the useBulkCopyForBatchInsert Parameter

Best Practices That You Should Follow When Extracting Zip Archive in Java

Setting up Junit 5 Parallel Test Execution With Maven