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.

Tech Elevator Meetup Summary
A summary of the panel I was asked to be on at Tech Elevator.

Spring MVC Get Controller & Method Name
How to get the current controller and method name Spring MVC Get Controller & Method Name

Sending Async Emails in Spring
In this article I will walk you through how to send email asynchronously in Spring Boot.

Using GORM in Spring Boot
Using GORM in Spring Boot

Spring Boot Application Annotation
Spring Boot Application Annotation

Ready Player One Review
A quick review of the book Ready Player One

Windows Kill Process By Port Number
Windows Kill Process By Port Number

SQL Server Exception - The Statement Did Not Return A Result Set
Using Stored Procedures in a Grails Application with Groovy
Gravatars on a Grails Application
Gravatars in a Grails Application
Grails: Generating links in your domain class
Grails: Generating Links in your Domain Class