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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How to compile Groovy before Java in a Gradle Build
How to compile Groovy before Java in a Gradle Build

Groovy: What happens when you assign a BigInteger to an Integer
Groovy: What happens when you assign a BigInteger to an Integer

How you can contribute to the Groovy Website
How you can contribute to the Groovy Website

Inserting a Groovy Date into a Time Stamp Column
Inserting a Groovy Date into a Timestamp Column

Using GORM in Spring Boot
Using GORM in Spring Boot

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

Creating and testing your first Grails Tag Library
Creating and testing your first Grails Tag Library
Grails MySQL Boolean Gotcha
Grails MySQL Boolean Gotcha
IntelliJ Spring Bean Injection Notification
IntelliJ Spring Bean Injection Notification
