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A weekly(ish) letter on Java, Spring, AI, and whatever I'm learning. It's also where my ByteSized AI writing lives now.
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The Weekly(ish)
Java, Spring, AI, career notes, and what I'm learning. A no-pressure weekly letter from me to you.
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Don't Let AI Write All Your Code
Tim Ferriss won't let AI write his next book. Here's what I won't hand off to AI as a developer, and how I check the code I do.
dev2next, a Warm IntelliJ Theme, and a Retweet from Tim Ferriss
Back from dev2next, a warm new IntelliJ theme called Kiln, the JSON API coming to JDK 28, and a retweet from Tim Ferriss.
VegaCon 2027, Spring AI TypeSafe, and a Live Spring Boot 4 Migration
VegaCon 2027 is the conference app we'll build in my next Spring Boot course. Plus Spring AI TypeSafe, Jev, and a live Boot 4 migration.
Why Jev Has Me Excited About What Comes Next
Jev gives you small, focused AI models with typed inputs and outputs, and it has me full of ideas. Plus ColdFusion in Spring Boot 4 and Java 27.
Back from the Road, Getting Started with Claude Code, and Pro Spring Boot 4
Back from Commit Your Code and KCDC. A packed room for my new Claude Code talk, a 25-minute Spring AI intro, and Pro Spring Boot 4 is out.
Building Spring Evals, the 5 Steps of AI Adoption, and Embabel Hits Spring Boot 4
Why I stopped trusting model benchmarks and started building Spring Evals, plus the 5 steps of AI adoption and Embabel 1.5.0 landing on Spring Boot 4.
Docker Compose, Spring AI Guardrails, and a Spring Boot 4 Crash Course
What that docker-compose.yml actually does, four layers of Spring AI guardrails, when to trust AI-generated code, and a first look at my Spring Boot 4 crash course.
Embabel 1.0 Goes GA, Spring AI 2.0 Tool-Calling, and My Content Workflow
Embabel hits 1.0, building Claude's 'Calling tool...' UI with Spring AI 2.0, what that docker-compose.yml in every Java repo actually does, and a podcast surprise.
Smarter AI Agents, Spring Boot 4.1 with Phil Webb, and the Java Documentary
Taming tool overload in Spring AI, Spring Boot 4.1 straight from the source with Phil Webb, self-correcting structured output, and the Java documentary.
Seven Videos, Two Very Busy Weeks of Spring Boot 4.1
Two busy weeks of content covering Spring Boot 4.1: gRPC support, lazy JDBC connections, the new @RedisListener, SSRF protection, type-safe property paths, and more.