Solve Google Chrome Sound Issue In Windows

Just last week I solved this problem. In my Windows 10 laptop sound was fine. I was able to hear people in video chat. Even Microsoft Edge which is built-in browser for Windows was also working fine. But I was not getting any sound from Google Chrome. There can be various issues. But if there … Read more

Use Notepad++ As Offline JSON Validator

As software developers we encounter JSON format frequently, especially if we are into developing web apps. It is a common format for REST API payload. Or there are NoSQL databases like MongoDB which store JSON documents. Parsing & figuring out details from large JSON documents is a regular thing. How do we generally do that? … Read more

Difference Between Wait And Park Methods In Java Thread

If you are familiar with thread dump or at least looked at it couple of times, probably you would have noticed WAITING  & WAITING (parking) states. So what’s the difference? In Java, we have Object.wait() and Unsafe.park() methods. Both of them will suspend the running thread & put it in waiting state. But these two methods work on different principles. Object.wait() results in WAITING state whereas Unsafe.park() method … Read more