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.

How to kill Java process on mac OS Sierra using Activity Monitor
How to kill Java process on mac OS Sierra using Activity Monitor

Spring Data Aggregate Functions in a repository
Spring Data Aggregate Functions in a repository

How to use HikariCP in your next Spring Boot project
How to use HikariCP in your next Spring Boot project

Spring Boot Application Failed To Start
Spring Boot Application Failed To Start

How to read JSON data in Spring Boot and write to a database
How to read JSON data in Spring Boot and write to a database

Multiple Request Mappings in Spring Boot
Multiple Request Mappings in Spring Boot

9 Presentations you can watch right now to learn about Java 9
9 Presentations you can watch right now to learn about Java 9

Deploying a WAR to an application server in Spring Boot
Deploying a WAR to an application server in Spring Boot

Spring Boot Configuration using YAML
Spring Boot Configuration using YAML

Building your Angular Application for Spring Boot
Building your Angular Application for Spring Boot