Context Is a Budget — Eight levers and three workflow patterns
Table of Contents Where the tokens actually goThe Eight LeversA. Context engineering — scope your asksB. Prompt caching — order mattersC. Tool & MCP hygiene — every schema is a taxD. Custom instructions & skills — codify it onceE. Model ...
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Introducing skills.boxlang.io — The Open Agent Skills Ecosystem for BoxLang & the Ortus World
Table of Contents 🤔 The Problem: AI Knowledge Doesn’t Scale by Copy-Paste🎓 What Is a Skill?📥 Install in Seconds: Two Paths, One Standard⚡ Option 1 — npx skills (works everywhere)🥊 Option 2 — ColdBox CLI (deep BoxLang/ColdBox integration)🔷 Core Repositories …
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A New Chapter for the Payara Community
Table of Contents What the acquisition means for the CommunityWhat’s changing (and when)Getting out and meeting youWhat’s been shipping: April and May 2026 Azul Payara Community ReleasesMay: Azul Payara Community 7.2026.5April: Azul Payara Community 7.2026.4A lot more to come Something …
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AI-Powered Code Review Assistant: Automated Code Analysis with Spring AI and MongoDB
Table of Contents Prerequisites1. Project setup2. Storing and managing review patternsDefining the pattern modelCreating the repositoryBuilding the service layerExposing the REST endpoints3. Embedding patterns with Spring AI and MongoDB Atlas Vector SearchAdding Spring AI dependenciesGenerating embeddingsSeeding the pattern libraryCreating the …
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Azul Payara May 2026 Release – What’s New
Table of Contents A critical security fix, patched across every supported branchAzul Payara Community 7.2026.5Azul Payara 6.38.0: Continued Jakarta EE 10 SupportAzul Payara 5.87.0: Jakarta EE 8 Support ContinuesAzul Payara 4.1.2.191.55: Legacy Branch Still MaintainedLooking AheadUpgrading and Feedback The May …
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BoxLang AI Series: Complete Guide to Building AI Agents
Table of Contents Start Here: A Practical OverviewThe Full SeriesWhat You’ll LearnKey ResourcesWhy BoxLang AIReady to Start Building? The world of AI development is moving fast, but building real, production-ready AI agents doesn’t have to be complex. This series walks …
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Explore Spring AI SDK – Amazon Bedrock AgentCore – Part 3
Table of Contents 1. Adding Built-in Tools: AgentCore Browser2. Add the below class.3. Create a Controller4. Create a Thymeleaf UI page5. VerifyReferences In Part 1 and Part 2, we explored the Spring AI SDK and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore features, including …
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Building an AI-Powered Operations Assistant with Spring AI and MongoDB Atlas — Part 1: RAG Foundation
Table of Contents The problemWhat we are buildingWhy RAG and why MongoDB AtlasHow the Pieces Fit TogetherGetting the Project RunningThe Ingestion PipelineThe Retrieval PipelineThe Atlas Vector Search IndexTrying It OutConclusion and What’s Next This is the first article in a …
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UCanAccess: The Modern Pure-Java Bridge to Microsoft Access
Table of Contents A Brief HistoryWhat Problems Does It Solve?The Disappeared BridgeCross-Platform CompatibilitySeamless Integration for ToolingTech Stack & RequirementsGetting StartedAdd the DependencyConnect and QueryWrite Data BackAccess-Specific FunctionsUber JAR for Non-Maven ProjectsQuality & MaintenanceGet Involved Microsoft Access databases are everywhere. Decades …
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Explore Spring AI SDK – Amazon Bedrock AgentCore – Part 2
Table of Contents Step 1: Add the Ai model and AgentCore memory dependenciesStep 2: Create Short/Long Term in AWS Management ConsoleStep 3: Add the following memory-related properties.Step 4: Add the below MemoryConfig class.Step 5: Create the ChatRequest and ChatResponse classes …
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BoxLang AI Deep Dive — Part 4 of 7: Middleware — The Missing Layer in Every AI Framework 🧵
Table of Contents 🏗️ The Middleware Architecture🎯 AiMiddlewareResult — Typed Flow Control📝 LoggingMiddleware — Instant Observability🔁 RetryMiddleware — Resilience Without Boilerplate🛡️ GuardrailMiddleware — Defense in Depth🙋 HumanInTheLoopMiddleware — Keeping Humans in Control🎙️ FlightRecorderMiddleware — AI Testing Solved🔢 MaxToolCallsMiddleware — Runaway …