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MCP Servers Are Everywhere, but Most Are Collecting Dust: Key Lessons We Learned to Avoid That

Teams rushing to build MCP servers are discovering that enthusiasm doesn’t translate into usefulness. This article unpacks why and how to make your MCP server valuable.

January 13, 2026

by Thomas Johnson

CORE

· 2,566 Views · 4 Likes

Supercharge AI Workflows on Azure: Remote MCP Tool Triggers + Your First TypeScript MCP Server

Remote MCP in Azure Functions exposes serverless tools for AI assistants, enabling scalable, cloud-native workflows with Azure services and bindings.

January 13, 2026

by Swapnil Nagar

· 2,070 Views · 1 Like

Kotlin Code Style: Best Practices for Former Java Developers

Many Kotlin projects mirror Java thinking—code that works but lacks Kotlin’s true strengths of conciseness, expressiveness, and safety, creating “Java with a Kotlin accent.”

January 12, 2026

by Konstantin Glumov

· 3,017 Views · 3 Likes

Why PostgreSQL Vacuum Matters More Than You Think

Learn how dead tuples slow queries, when to use autovacuum or manual Vacuum, and how tuning improves large or high traffic tables.

January 12, 2026

by arvind toorpu

CORE

· 2,441 Views · 3 Likes

Serverless Spark Isn't Always the Answer: A Case Study

Processing 500M+ records with 100 concurrent users under a 5-minute SLA demands smart architecture. We evaluate seven compute models and why hybrid approaches often win.

January 12, 2026

by Janani Annur Thiruvengadam

CORE

· 1,519 Views · 1 Like

The Rise of Diskless Kafka: Rethinking Brokers, Storage, and the Kafka Protocol

Diskless Kafka stores all event data in object storage without using brokers for scalable and cost-efficient data streaming architectures.

January 9, 2026

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 1,738 Views · 2 Likes

Beyond Extensions: Architectural Deep-Dives into File Upload Security

Secure uploads by using whitelisted extensions, verifying "Magic Bytes," and storing files with randomized names in a non-executable sandbox.

January 9, 2026

by Akanksha Pathak

CORE

· 1,738 Views · 1 Like

How to Build and Deploy an AI Agent on Kubernetes With AWS Bedrock, FastAPI and Helm

Learn how to build, containerize, and deploy a lightweight, cloud-native AI agent on Amazon EKS using FastAPI, AWS Bedrock, Docker, and Helm.

January 9, 2026

by Chandrasekhar Rao Katru

· 3,459 Views · 6 Likes

Multi-Region Apache Kafka using Synchronous Replication for Disaster Recovery With Zero Data Loss (RPO=0)

Kafka isn’t one-size-fits-all. Choose between self-managed, serverless, or BYOC deployments. New RPO=0 options now enable zero data loss for real-time applications.

January 9, 2026

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 1,592 Views · 2 Likes

Speak Their Language: How Communication Profiling Prevents Agile Delivery Breakdowns

This article introduces a practical framework for diagnosing and stabilizing delivery by treating communication as system infrastructure.

January 8, 2026

by Ella Mitkin

· 2,508 Views · 3 Likes

Enterprise Kubernetes Failures: 20 Critical Misconfigurations Guardon Catches Before Outages

Kubernetes Misconfigurations Are Costing Enterprises Millions — Guardon Fixes More Than Just the “Top 20” YAML Mistakes.

January 8, 2026

by Sajal Nigam

· 2,173 Views · 2 Likes

Building a Containerized Quarkus API and a CI/CD Pipeline on AWS EKS/Fargate with CDK

This project demonstrates a production-ready approach to deploying a containerized Quarkus API on AWS EKS/Fargate, leveraging Infrastructure as Code through the AWS CDK.

January 8, 2026

by Nicolas Duminil

CORE

· 2,314 Views · 1 Like

Implementing Idempotency in Distributed Spring Boot Applications Using MySQL

Implementing idempotency in distributed Spring Boot applications using MySQL row-level locking and transactions to handle concurrent requests safely.

January 7, 2026

by Balakumaran Sugumar

· 4,956 Views · 7 Likes

How to Send .NET Crash Dumps to Slack From an ECS Fargate Task

Get .NET crash dumps from AWS ECS Fargate automatically: leverage Amazon EFS, Amazon S3, AWS DataSync, and AWS Lambda to make debugging easier for your dev team.

January 7, 2026

by Alexander Sharov

· 1,801 Views · 2 Likes

Automated Deployment Using a CI/CD Pipeline (Mule 4 | CloudHub 2.0)

This tutorial demonstrates automated deployment using a CI/CD pipeline with Mule 4. It shows how code pushed to a Git repository triggers deployment automatically.

January 7, 2026

by ARINDAM GOSWAMI

· 2,582 Views · 1 Like

Developer Tools That Actually Matter in 2026

The developer tools making real differences today are the ones solving the actual problems we face as developers every day.

January 6, 2026

by Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

CORE

· 7,947 Views · 2 Likes

Understanding Parquet Scans: How Readers Skip Work and Stay Fast

Parquet accelerates scans by skipping data through metadata driven pushdowns. This article explains how the main mechanisms work in practice.

January 6, 2026

by Hitarth Trivedi

· 2,412 Views · 1 Like

Securing Verifiable Credentials With DPoP: A Spring Boot Implementation

DPoP binds access tokens to a client's key so even if intercepted, they can't be misused. It's mandatory for EUDI/HAIP 1.0 and supported since Spring Boot 3.5.

January 5, 2026

by Kyriakos Mandalas

CORE

· 3,871 Views · 4 Likes