Why Enterprise Java Teams Need Quality Gates Even More in the Age of AI
Table of Contents Enterprise quality is a scaling problemLocal differences become delivery problemsNoisy diffs hurt review qualityIDE-based quality control is not enoughAI needs deterministic boundariesWhat enterprise quality gates should checkFormatting is only one source-code gateJava member ordering is harder than ...
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Intro to the BoxLang Formatter
Table of Contents Recommended Team Workflow You know the drill. Someone opens a PR and half the review comments are about tabs vs spaces, where braces go, or why that one function has its arguments formatted differently from everything else. …
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Introducing bx-jwt: Enterprise-Grade JSON Web Tokens for BoxLang
Table of Contents The Fluent Builder — jwtNew()The BIF FunctionsHMAC Sign and VerifyRSA Sign and VerifyJWE Encryptionalg:none RejectionHMAC Minimum Key Lengths (RFC 7518 §3.2)Algorithm AllowlistClock Skew ToleranceAuthentication MiddlewareToken Refresh with Grace PeriodKid-Based Key RotationSigning (JWS)Encryption (JWE) JWT authentication is everywhere. …
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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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From Zero (Really Zero) to OpenTelemetry
Table of Contents The Super Awesome PromptWhy This Prompt WorksAfter The Agent FinishesFollow Up Prompts You’ll Likely Want Here’s a super awesome prompt (e.g., for Claude Code) that you can use with https://github.com/dash0hq/agent-skills, the free collection of skills for AI …
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BoxLang v1.13.0: Compatibility, Concurrency, and Formatter Maturity
Table of Contents New FeaturesCharacter-Aware Trimming — trim(), ltrim(), rtrim()getClassMetadata() by Absolute PathSystemExecute() Environment ControlsThe BoxLang Formatter Goes Production-ReadyAsync & Concurrency HardeningMiniServer: Security & ReliabilityCompatibility WinsChangelog Highlights BoxLang 1.13.0 is a stability-first release with deep compatibility work and runtime hardening. …
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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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How to Develop AI Agents Using BoxLang AI: A Practical Guide
Table of Contents What we’ll CoverPrerequisitesStep 1 — Install BoxLangStep 2 — Install the bx-ai ModuleStep 3 — Set Up Your .env FileStep 4 — Configure config/boxlang.jsonStep 5 — Run Your First ScriptWhat Are AI Agents?What Is BoxLang AI?Core Concept …
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BoxLang AI Deep Dive — Part 7 of 7: MCP — The Protocol That Connects Everything
Table of Contents 🔌 Consuming MCP Servers — The Client SideSeeding Agents with MCP ServersHow MCPTool Works🖥️ Building MCP Servers — The Server SideSimple ServerHTTP Transport for WebWeb Application Integration🔒 Enterprise Security FeaturesCORSRequest Body Size LimitsAPI Key ValidationAutomatic Security HeadersSecurity …
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BoxLang AI Deep Dive — Part 5 of 7: One API, 17 Providers — The Provider Architecture Deep Dive
Table of Contents 🗺️ The Full Provider Matrix🏗️ The Provider Hierarchy🎯 IAiService — The Trimmed Interface🛡️ The Capability SystemRuntime Capability DetectionQuerying CapabilitiesEnforced at the BIF Level🔧 BaseService — The Transport Layer⚙️ Provider Configuration🔀 Custom Base URLs🏠 Ollama — Local AI, …