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.
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Spring Boot 2.0 Roadmap
Spring Boot 2.0 Roadmap

What is JHipster & Why you need to start using it today!
What is JHipster & Why you need to start using it today!
Spring Boot CommandLineRunner Example
Learn how to use the Spring Boot CommandLineRunner interface to run code at application startup, load initial data, and order multiple runners in Java.

Using Project Lombok in your Spring Boot Project
Learn how to use Project Lombok in Spring Boot to reduce boilerplate code — the @Data annotation generates getters, setters, toString, equals & hashCode.

Spring Stereotype Annotations
Learn Spring stereotype annotations: @Component, @Service, @Repository, and @Controller, how component scanning registers them as beans, plus an AOP demo.

Spring Boot Convention Based Error Pages
Spring Boot Convention Based Error Pages

Spring Boot Entity Scan
Spring Boot Entity Scan

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.