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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

· 3,131 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

· 3,762 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

· 2,978 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

· 1,076 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

· 1,849 Views

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

· 3,125 Views

Designing Effective Meetings in Tech: From Time Wasters to Strategic Tools

Most meetings waste time due to poor design. Treat them as systems: clear goals, async prep, solid docs. Use AI to capture decisions and scale knowledge — not chaos.

May 15, 2026

by Otavio Santana

CORE

· 1,350 Views

Working With Cowork: Don’t Be Confused

Working with Cowork: Claude Desktop is three applications pretending to be one. In this article, see the tables of what is shared.

May 14, 2026

by Stefan Wolpers

CORE

· 2,598 Views

AWS Kiro: The Agentic IDE That Makes Specs the Unit of Work

You describe a feature, and Kiro generates structured requirements.md, design.md, and tasks.md files first, then implements against them.

May 13, 2026

by Jubin Abhishek Soni

CORE

· 3,222 Views · 2 Likes

Solving the Mystery: Why Java RSS Grows in Docker on M1 Macs

Java apps running in x86-64 Docker containers on ARM64 M1 Macs experience mysterious RSS memory growth due to Rosetta 2 translation cache. The culprit? JIT compilation.

May 12, 2026

by Sumeet Sharma

· 3,878 Views · 1 Like

Monitoring Spring Boot Applications with Prometheus and Grafana

Demonstrates how to expose Spring Boot metrics with Prometheus and build Grafana dashboards to track memory usage and error rates for production-grade Java services.

May 11, 2026

by Ramya vani Rayala

· 2,200 Views · 1 Like

The Serverless Illusion: When “Pay for What You Use” Becomes Expensive

Serverless isn’t inherently cheaper. Hidden costs add up, and at scale it’s often pricier than containers — best for sporadic, not steady workloads.

May 11, 2026

by David Iyanu Jonathan

· 2,511 Views · 1 Like

Custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) for NL2SQL: A Rigorous Evaluation Framework on Oracle Database

Used MCP to evaluate LLM-generated SQL on Oracle: baseline vs MCP, comparing semantics, order, strings, and EXPLAIN PLAN on 500-query TPC-H.

May 8, 2026

by Sanjay Mishra

· 2,052 Views

How AI Is Rewriting Full-Stack Java Systems: Practical Patterns with Spring Boot, Kafka and WebSockets

Decouple heavy processing with Spring Boot, Kafka, and WebSockets: AI consumers analyze events asynchronously, while WebSockets deliver real-time insights to users.

May 8, 2026

by Ramya vani Rayala

· 2,920 Views · 1 Like

Production Checklist for Tool-Using AI Agents in Enterprise Apps

Tool-using AI agents are production software. The same ops discipline applies, but some traditional assumptions quietly break.

May 7, 2026

by Pier-Jean MALANDRINO

CORE

· 3,307 Views · 1 Like

How We Diagnosed a Hidden Scheduler Failure in a Docker Swarm Cluster Serving 2 Million Users

A real production incident in a Docker Swarm cluster — how a routine service update triggered a silent scheduler failure, and how we uncovered it.

May 5, 2026

by Denis Tiumentsev

· 1,966 Views · 2 Likes

Evolving Spring Boot APIs to an Event-Driven Mesh

Learn to transform Spring Boot REST APIs into an event-driven architecture by utilizing Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS to enhance scalability, resilience, and responsiveness.

May 5, 2026

by Lavi Kumar

· 1,688 Views · 1 Like

Mastering Kubernetes to Maximize Your Cloud Potential

Understanding Kubernetes architecture through seven critical layers: storage, compute, networking, observability, security, dev tools, and CI/CD.

May 4, 2026

by Jaswinder Kumar

· 1,959 Views · 2 Likes

Building Fault-Tolerant Kafka Consumers in Spring Boot Using Retry, DLQ, and Idempotent Code Patterns

Retry transient failures, route poison messages to a DLQ, and deduplicate with a DB table three layers that turn a fragile Kafka consumer into a fault tolerant one.

May 4, 2026

by Mallikharjuna Manepalli

· 2,471 Views · 1 Like

Understanding MCP Architecture: LLM + API vs Model Context Protocol

PDF chatbot demo comparing LLM+API vs MCP: direct calls are simple for one app; MCP adds a server layer for tool discovery, reuse, and standardization.

May 1, 2026

by Sanjay Mishra

· 4,881 Views · 3 Likes

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