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How AI Coding Assistants Are Changing Developer Flow

In this article, I want to share our team's experience in applying AI to accelerate development, covering both the benefits and risks.

May 20, 2026

by Mykhailo Kopyl

· 1,363 Views

Mocking Kafka for Local Spring Development

When you don't need a real Kafka cluster yet, a lightweight substitute can remove a lot of friction. Use a portable mock environment and wire it into your app.

May 19, 2026

by Roman Dubinin

· 2,805 Views · 1 Like

Ujorm3: A New Lightweight ORM for JavaBeans and Records

Learn about Ujorm3, a new lightweight Java ORM for JavaBeans and Records. Enjoy type-safe native SQL mapping, zero reflection, and high performance.

May 19, 2026

by Pavel Ponec

· 1,915 Views · 1 Like

Improving DAG Failure Detection in Airflow Using AI Techniques

A practical approach to enhancing DAG failure detection using AI to improve pipeline reliability and enable proactive intervention in large-scale data environments.

May 19, 2026

by Bruno Bocardo Guzoni

· 1,528 Views · 1 Like

Agentic Testing: Moving Quality From Checkpoint to Control Layer

Learn how agentic testing reshapes QA by adding governance, traceability, and accountability to AI-driven workflows, ensuring speed doesn’t compromise quality.

May 19, 2026

by Kailash Pathak

CORE

· 1,481 Views

S3 Vectors: How to Build a RAG Without a Vector Database

You don't need a vector database anymore. S3 Vectors gives you native vector storage + similarity search, serverless, at up to 90% less cost

May 19, 2026

by Jubin Abhishek Soni

CORE

· 1,325 Views

Key Takeaways From Integrating a RAG Application With LangSmith

Learn how to integrate LangSmith with a RAG application to trace workflows, debug issues, and analyze performance, token usage, and cost in real-world AI systems.

May 19, 2026

by Binoj Melath Nalinakshan Nair

CORE

· 2,199 Views · 1 Like

Lambda-Driven API Design: Building Composable Node.js Endpoints With Functional Primitives

Lambda handlers are just functions that normalize once, wrap cross-cutting concerns as higher-order functions, and keep business logic clean.

May 19, 2026

by Bhanu Sekhar Guttikonda

CORE

· 2,893 Views · 4 Likes

Run Gemma 4 on Your Laptop: A Hands-On Guide to Google's Latest Open Multimodal LLM

Gemma 4 — architecture deep-dive, thinking mode, function calling, audio + image input, and a small project — no cloud, no API keys.

May 19, 2026

by Jubin Abhishek Soni

CORE

· 3,327 Views · 2 Likes

The Vector Database Lie

Most teams don’t need vector databases. PostgreSQL + pgvector handles the majority of AI workloads with less complexity, lower cost, and comparable performance.

May 19, 2026

by David Taiwo Balogun

· 1,074 Views · 1 Like

The Prompt Isn't Hiding Inside the Image

CLIP Interrogator is one of the most misunderstood tools in the Stable Diffusion ecosystem. It solves a real problem, which is why it won't go away.

May 19, 2026

by mike labs

· 1,041 Views

Manual Investigation: The Hidden Bottleneck in Incident Response

Learn about why engineers are stuck investigating instead of fixing and how AI is changing the investigation process for modern systems.

May 18, 2026

by Brian Kaufman

· 1,234 Views

Genkit Middleware: Intercept, Extend, and Harden your Gen AI Pipelines

A deep dive into the new Genkit middleware system for JavaScript/TypeScript: built-in middleware, how to build your own.

May 18, 2026

by Xavier Portilla Edo

CORE

· 2,712 Views

Spring CRUD Generator v1.1.0 Updates

Spring CRUD Generator v1.1.0 bootstraps Spring Boot backends from YAML, adding validation, Redis caching fixes, OSIV control, and support for Spring Boot 3/4.

May 18, 2026

by Marko Zivkovic

· 963 Views

We Went Multi-Cloud and Almost Drowned: Lessons From Running Across AWS, GCP, and Azure

Multi-cloud sounds strategic, but usually happens by accident. Networking, IAM, and observability all break at boundaries. Only attempt it if you have no choice.

May 18, 2026

by Pruthvi Raj Seknametla

· 1,681 Views

Building an Image Classification Pipeline With Apache Camel and Deep Java Library (DJL)

This tutorial shows how to build an image classification pipeline entirely in Java using Apache Camel and Deep Java Library (DJL).

May 15, 2026

by Vignesh Durai

· 2,941 Views · 1 Like

Observability in Spring Boot 4

Bridge observability gaps in Spring Boot 4 by injecting Micrometer Trace IDs via SQL comments and propagating context through Kafka.

May 15, 2026

by ha dinh thai

· 2,401 Views · 1 Like

The Agent Protocol Stack: MCP vs. A2A vs. AG-UI

Three protocols are shaping how AI agents interact with tools, other agents, and users. Here's what each one does, how they fit together, and when to reach for which.

May 15, 2026

by Jubin Abhishek Soni

CORE

· 2,587 Views

Context-Aware Authorization for AI Agents

Modern agentic AI systems introduce new security risks as LLMs act as privileged deputies, mapping threats to the Confused Deputy problem and proposing policy guardrails.

May 15, 2026

by Abhinav Srivastava

· 1,589 Views · 1 Like

Can Claude Skills Replace Playwright Agents? A Practical View for QA Engineers

Claude+Playwright ≠ true agent: it’s workflow-driven (run→fix→rerun). Agents adapt in real time. Best: combine both for resilient, low-maintenance QA.

May 15, 2026

by Kailash Pathak

CORE

· 1,562 Views

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