Databases Resources

This One Spring Data JPA Pattern Cleaned Up to 3 Years of Repository Debt

Stop adding repository methods every time a filter changes. JPA Specifications let you compose queries cleanly at runtime.

July 29, 2026

by Ramesh Bellamkonda

· 3,097 Views · 2 Likes

How I Built a Star Wars Grogu Product Research Agent With Codex, Lark, and SerpApi

Built with Codex, SerpApi, OpenAI, and Lark, this lightweight AI agent compares Amazon products across the U.S. and Japan using live search data.

July 29, 2026

by Magenta Qin

· 2,162 Views · 2 Likes

Microservices Architecture in Production: 7 Engineering Decisions That Determine Success or Failure

Microservices succeed when they're designed with clear service boundaries, reliable communication, independent data ownership, and strong operational practices.

July 28, 2026

by Mahipal Nehra

· 3,033 Views · 4 Likes

Why SQL Server Applications Break on PostgreSQL and How Compatibility Layers Fix It

SQL Server migrations break at the application layer. A compatibility layer like Babelfish keeps T-SQL running while the engine moves to PostgreSQL.

July 27, 2026

by Minesh Chande

· 3,219 Views · 2 Likes

Building a Voice-Controlled Graph Assistant With Neo4j, LiveKit, and OpenAI

Build a voice assistant that lets you ask natural-language questions to a Neo4j graph database and hear the answers spoken back.

July 27, 2026

by Akmal Chaudhri

CORE

· 3,006 Views

From APIs to Agents: How Back-End Engineering is Evolving in 2026

Back-end engineering is moving from static APIs to autonomous, AI-driven agents that can plan, decide, and act—not just respond to requests.

July 24, 2026

by Nathan Smith

· 2,978 Views · 1 Like

API Testing Frameworks: How to Pick the Right One and Actually Use It Well

Learn how to choose the right API testing framework, including REST Assured, Supertest, pytest, Postman, Karate, and Keploy, for better API test automation.

July 23, 2026

by Himanshu Mandhyan

· 3,250 Views · 1 Like

Tracing the Agentic Loop: Monitoring Multi-Round-Trip MCP Calls With OpenTelemetry

The latest MCP spec mandates W3C tracing. Use Quarkus and OpenTelemetry to easily visualize disjointed, multi-round-trip AI agent workflows in production.

July 22, 2026

by Daniel Oh

CORE

· 3,471 Views · 1 Like

Reducing CI Execution Time Using Impact-Based Test Selection Across Repositories

CI optimization using Git diff and JGit to selectively run impacted Karate tests, reducing regression execution while preserving safe fallback coverage.

July 21, 2026

by Raakesh Rajagopalan

· 3,995 Views

Scaling Row-Level Security With ABAC on Databricks Unity Catalog

Learn how to scale row-level security in Databricks Unity Catalog using a tag-driven ABAC pattern that reduces maintenance and simplifies onboarding.

July 20, 2026

by Sriram Vadlamani

· 2,689 Views

Fix Circular Dependencies in PostgreSQL Row-Level Security With SECURITY DEFINER Functions

Circular RLS policy dependencies in PostgreSQL silently return no rows. Here is why it happens and how SECURITY DEFINER functions fix it.

July 20, 2026

by Lex Mulier

· 2,492 Views · 1 Like

Mitigating Cache Stampedes in Dynamic API Translation Using Java 21 Virtual Threads

Building a dynamic API translation proxy that leverages Java 21 Virtual Threads and Redisson distributed locking to safely execute AI-driven schema mapping.

July 17, 2026

by Aniruddha Chatterjee

· 4,016 Views · 3 Likes

Seeding Postgres When Your Schema Has Foreign-Key Cycles

Three strategies for seeding Postgres schemas with foreign-key cycles: nullable two-pass, DEFERRABLE constraints, and schema-aware generators.

July 17, 2026

by Mikhail Shytsko

· 3,313 Views · 4 Likes

Designing Scalable Containerized Backend Services

Learn to build high-concurrency relational microservices using Python and Docker, focusing on async connection pooling and state management.

July 17, 2026

by Estefanio Fernando

· 2,634 Views · 1 Like

Going Stateless: Scaling MCP Servers to Cloud-Native Java and HTTP

The Model Context Protocol has evolved to be entirely stateless over HTTP, removing complex session bottlenecks. Pairing this update with cloud-native Java, Quarkus!

July 16, 2026

by Daniel Oh

CORE

· 5,178 Views · 2 Likes

Cloud Cost Optimization Was Hard; AI Cost Optimization Will Be Worse.

Cloud cost optimization was hard because cloud made infrastructure consumption easy; AI cost optimization will be worse because AI makes decision consumption easy.

July 15, 2026

by Raghava Dittakavi

CORE

· 5,575 Views · 3 Likes

Jakarta NoSQL 1.1: Advancing Polyglot Persistence for Jakarta EE 12

Jakarta NoSQL 1.1 brings Jakarta Query integration, projections, fluent updates, and automatic converters, strengthening polyglot persistence in Jakarta EE 12.

July 15, 2026

by Otavio Santana

CORE

· 3,663 Views · 1 Like