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Table of Contents Before: A Service with No ObservabilityPart 1: Build the ApplicationPart 2: Containerize and PublishPart 3: Deploy to KubernetesPart 4: Generate Traffic (the Before State)After: Adding Observability with the Dash0 OperatorPart 5: Install the Dash0 OperatorPart 6: Configure …

Table of Contents The Motivation: Why Another AWS Emulator?Technical Edge: Built with Java and GraalVMFeature CoverageGetting StartedJoin the Floci Community The Motivation: Why Another AWS Emulator? As Java developers, we are used to local-first development. Tools that emulate the cloud …

Table of Contents The reputation didn’t come out of nowhere.Modern Java: What Actually Changed?1. Garbage Collection Is Not What It Used to Be2. Threads Got Lighter (Much Lighter)3. Java Objects Are Literally Getting Smaller4. The JVM Learned to Share (CDS)5. …

Table of Contents Let’s build!Prerequisites1. Project setup2. COCO dataData modelRunning MongoDB AtlasData ingest into MongoDB AtlasCreating an Atlas Search indexExample search3. Java service implementation4. Java searchPagingFilter clausesFacetsSearch(Optional) Refactoring to a better structureWrapping up This is going to be a fun, …

Table of Contents Who Kept JavaFX Alive?OpenJFX Inspired Project SkaraWhat the JVP Actually ChangesJavaFX and the AI Visualization AngleA Note on the Community and Commercial DynamicsWhere Things Stand Oracle’s JavaOne 2026 brought an announcement that caught some attention in the …

Table of Contents The inflexion pointWhere Grails versions stand todayThe Spring Boot gravitational pullWhat the risk actually looks likeThe practical middle groundUpgrade is an action, not a strategySummaryResources In the companion article to this one, I looked at the revitalisation …

Table of Contents Relevancy riddleScore detailsLucene insideLucene indexingLucene scoringBest matchesBreaking down the score detailsPretty printing the score detailsMystery solved!Compound is kingBoosting clausesRelevancy tuning: a delicate balance Full-text search powers all of our digital lives — googling for this and that; …

Table of Contents CoreApplicationsComponents, Libraries, ToolsPodcasts, Videos, BooksMiscellaneousJFX Central Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of March 2026. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of …

Table of Contents §0 📖 Where This Fits in the Series§1 🏗️ The Naive Architecture — and Why It Breaks§2 ✅ The Better Architecture — Multi-Agent with MCP§3 📉 Before You Build: The Productivity Reality Check§3b 📐 Requirements First — …

Table of Contents Inspired by a Great Idea from James WardMeet education.foojay.socialThe Catalog Is Only as Good as the Community Makes ItWhat’s Next A few weeks ago, Igor De Souza shared Bringing Java Closer to Education: A Community-Driven Initiative here …

Table of Contents What You’ll LearnPrerequisitesProject SetupConfiguring the MongoClient with POJO SupportWhat Is a One-to-Many Relationship in Java?How Does MongoDB Store Documents Differently Than a Relational Database?Pattern 1: Embedded DocumentsWhen Should You Embed?Modeling Embedded Documents in JavaInserting and Querying Embedded …

Table of Contents The Conceptual BridgeThe Conceptual BridgeEndpoint MappingWriting Health ChecksWriting Health ChecksAuto-Configured Health IndicatorsResponse Format and Status CodesSecurity ConsiderationsActuator’s Extended CapabilitiesPractical Migration TipsConclusions If you worked with MicroProfile Health, you already understand the value of exposing application health information …