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Table of Contents DemonstrationPre-requisitesWhat is MongoDB Search?Load sample datasetCreating the MongoDB Search indexTesting our index in MongoDB CompassBuilding a Kotlin applicationCreating the projectAdding MongoDB driver dependencyEstablishing a connectionCreating the repositoryCreating a serviceCreating a controllerFinal application structureApplication structureRunning the applicationConclusion One …

Table of Contents Your Brain Is Working Against YouWhere Java Developers Are Most ExposedYour Toolchain Catches Some of ThisMake the Model Show Its WorkingThe Confidence TaxSources This article is adapted from The Confidence Trap, part of the “2026 Supply Chain …

Table of Contents What Is BoxLings?The Full Learning Path🟢 Phase 1 — Core Fundamentals (50 Exercises)🟡 Phase 2 — Intermediate (40 Exercises)🔴 Phase 3 — Advanced (48 Exercises)The TDD/BDD Learning JourneyHow It WorksBuilt for Learners, Classrooms & WorkshopsGet StartedJoin the …

Table of Contents PrerequisitesProject DependenciesSpring WebSpring Data MongoDBMongoDB Spring SessionApplication ConfigurationBootstrapping the ApplicationEnabling MongoDB HTTP SessionsBuilding the Theme APIRunning the ApplicationTesting Session Behavior with curlReusing the SessionInspecting the Session in MongoDBWhy This MattersConclusion Spring Session MongoDB is a library that …

Table of Contents What is Memory Order and Why Does It Matter for Native Memory?Why do you need all of this?Testing it using JCStressPlain Access (Get/Set)Opaque AccessAcquire/ReleaseVolatileTL;DRConclusionBonus: Word Tearing What is Memory Order and Why Does It Matter for Native …

Table of Contents 🎯 The Headline: AI Skills System📚 Brand New Docs🔌 MCP Server Seeding🗄️ Global AI Tool Registry🔧 Tool System Overhaul🛡️ Provider Capability System🌲 Parent-Child Agent Hierarchy🧵 Middleware Support🏢 Stateless Agents + Per-Call Identity RoutingWhat Else Is NewNo Breaking …

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 …