Insights, tutorials, and thoughts on Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and software architecture
Your Spring Boot 2.x services are costing you money while you're not watching. A cynical deep dive into why Spring Boot 3's 50x faster startup, 4x lower memory, and non-garbage observability API might just save your on-call rotation.
Deep dive into optimizing Spring Data JPA queries, understanding N+1 problems, and leveraging projections for better performance in enterprise applications.
Learn how to design and implement event-driven systems using Apache Kafka, including event sourcing patterns and CQRS implementation with Spring Boot.
A practical guide to deploying Java applications on Kubernetes, covering rolling updates, blue-green deployments, and canary releases.
Strategies and patterns for modernizing legacy monolithic applications, including strangler fig pattern, domain-driven design, and incremental migration.
From unit tests to contract testing, learn how to build a robust testing pyramid for microservices architecture using JUnit 5, WireMock, and Testcontainers.