Practical writing on Java, Spring, AI, and the craft of software engineering.
If you're building with Java and Spring (or trying to figure out where AI fits into your development workflow) you're in the right place. I write practical, beginner-friendly deep dives on Spring Boot, Spring AI, and software engineering fundamentals, collected here in chronological order.
GraphQL Scalars - How to use Custom Scalars in Java
Learn how to use GraphQL custom scalars in Java. We build a Spring Boot 3 app with Spring for GraphQL and register the BigDecimal and LocalDateTime scalars.
Easily Implement UUIDs as Primary Keys in Spring Boot 3
In this tutorial you will learn how to use one of the new features in Jakarta EE 10 in a Spring Boot 3 application.
Happy New Year 2023
Happy New Year! I want to take a few minutes and talk about a few of my priorities as we head into the new year.
2022 Reflections
In this article I am going to spend some time reflecting because I believe it's a good reminder of the good and the bad as I began to set some goals for next year.
Spring @Configuration proxyBeanMethods: Why Set It to False
Setting proxyBeanMethods = false on @Configuration drops the CGLIB proxy Spring adds. Learn why it matters for native images and how to refactor your beans.
Spring Response Entity - How to customize the response in Spring Boot
In this tutorial, you will learn what the ResponseEntity class is and how it can be used to customize the response in your Spring Boot application.
AWS Lambda SnapStart for Spring Developers
AWS Lambda SnapStart is a new performance optimization developed by AWS that can significantly improve the startup time for your applications.
What's new in Spring Security 6
In this article we will discuss the new features of Spring Security 6 and create a new Spring Boot 3 project together.
Building AWS Lambda Functions with Java: An Introduction to the AWS Lambda Core Java Library
In this tutorial you will learn how to build AWS Lambda functions with Java using the AWS Lambda Core Java Library.