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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

· 2,899 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

· 1,988 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

· 1,558 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

· 1,531 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

· 1,363 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

· 2,280 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

· 3,004 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

· 3,380 Views · 2 Likes

OpenAPI From Code With Spring and Java: A Recipe for Your CI

Have you ever needed to generate OpenAPI documentation directly from your code and, more importantly, do it in a way that fits cleanly into a CI pipeline?

May 19, 2026

by Roman Dubinin

· 3,620 Views · 4 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

· 1,110 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

· 1,063 Views

Securing Everything: Mapping the Right Identity and Access Protocol (OIDC, OAuth2, and SAML) to the Right Identity

AuthN verifies identity and AuthZ defines access. Modern systems use OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, and M2M flows for secure human and machine access.

May 18, 2026

by Ananth Iyer

· 2,178 Views

The Third Culture: Blending Teams With Different Management Models

44% of failed teams integrations are caused by cultural friction. One of the safest ways to reduce this risk is to build a third culture.

May 18, 2026

by Evgeniy Tolstykh

· 1,246 Views · 1 Like

Smart Deployment Strategies for Modern Applications

Docker packages applications to ensure consistent and portable deployments. Kubernetes manages them with scaling, reliability, and automation in production.

May 18, 2026

by Manju George

· 3,561 Views

Optimizing High-Volume REST APIs Using Redis Caching and Spring Boot (With Load Testing Code)

Cache reads with Redis, use @CachePut for write-through consistency, and prevent stampedes with distributed locks, then prove it works under load with JMeter.

May 18, 2026

by Mallikharjuna Manepalli

· 1,429 Views

Bridging Gaps in SOC Maturity Using Detection Engineering and Automation

SOC maturity is a feedback loop. Sigma rules, quality gates, and explicit telemetry contracts turn noise into a measurable, improvable signal.

May 18, 2026

by Krishnaveni Musku

· 1,160 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

· 1,284 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

· 2,804 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

· 996 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

· 1,729 Views

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