Practical writing on Java, Spring, AI, and the craft of software engineering.
If you're building with Java and Spring (or trying to figure out where AI fits into your development workflow) you're in the right place. I write practical, beginner-friendly deep dives on Spring Boot, Spring AI, and software engineering fundamentals, collected here in chronological order.
AWS Lambda SnapStart for Spring Developers
AWS Lambda SnapStart is a new performance optimization developed by AWS that can significantly improve the startup time for your applications.
What's new in Spring Security 6
In this article we will discuss the new features of Spring Security 6 and create a new Spring Boot 3 project together.
Building AWS Lambda Functions with Java: An Introduction to the AWS Lambda Core Java Library
In this tutorial you will learn how to build AWS Lambda functions with Java using the AWS Lambda Core Java Library.
AWS Lambda Java: How to create your first AWS Lambda Function in Java
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a simple AWS Lambda function using Java.
Spring Boot REST API Domain Class Converter
In this tutorial, you will learn about a class called the Domain Class Converter in Spring Data. This class will allow you to take arbitrary input like an id from a path variable in a REST API and automatically create a domain object by using Spring Data's CrudRepository.
Spring Security CORS: How to configure CORS in Spring Boot & Spring Security
How to Secure your REST APIs with Spring Security & JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)
In this tutorial, you will learn how to secure REST APIs with Spring Security and JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
GraphQL Spring Boot - Up and Running with Spring for GraphQL
In this tutorial you are going to learn how to get up and running with Spring for GraphQL.
Spring Data JPA Pagination
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to work with pagination in Spring Data JPA.
Spring Boot @Value Annotation
A brief introduction to the @Value annotation in Spring Boot.