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.
Getting Started with Spring Boot Actuator Endpoints
Getting started with Spring Boot Actuator: add the dependency, explore the built-in production-ready endpoints for health and metrics, and secure them.
6 Courses on iTunes U that can upgrade your Software Development Career
6 Courses on iTunes U that can upgrade your Software Development Career
Moving from Tomcat to Jetty in your Spring Boot Application
Moving from Tomcat to Jetty in your Spring Boot Application
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Enable the new YouTube Dark Theme right now
How to Make your weakness your strength
How to Make your weakness your strength
How to start writing Angular & Spring Applications
How to start writing Angular & Spring Applications
How to Add Validation to Your Spring Boot Entities
Learn how to add Bean Validation to your Spring Boot entities with @NotNull and JPA, then build a custom constraint validator with ConstraintValidator.
Why every developer should start a blog right now!
Why every developer should start a blog right now!
What is going wrong on the Spring Boot View Layer?
What is going wrong on the Spring Boot View Layer?