Beyond mvn install: Maven Practices That Pay Off
Fail fast, pin every version, let profiles switch themselves and get an SBOM for free: practical Maven techniques from POMs in daily use.
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jip: Clone a Java Project. Run It. Done.
A lightweight, pip-inspired dependency manager and runner that makes exploring GitHub Java projects simple, without the usual Maven or …
Solving Gradle metadata and Renovate integration
My current company has settled on using Gradle. It doesn't make me very happy, but you need to learn to work with constraints. Plus, I must …
GitHub agentic workflows and Renovate
I've been a big fan of Renovate for a couple of years already. Renovate scans your repositories, detects outdated package versions, and …
BoxLang AWS, Azure, and Google Secrets Manager Module Released
Every production application carries secrets: database passwords, API tokens, encryption keys. The question is never whether to manage them …
BoxLang 1.15.0 Released: Blazing Fast Strings, Runtime Portability, and much more
BoxLang 1.15.0 is a high-impact release with two big headlines and a long tail of hardening. The first headline is a massive performance …
What's New in actions/setup-java 5.4 and 5.5: Signature Verification, Kona JDK, and a Better Maven Experience
If you build Java on GitHub Actions, actions/setup-java is almost certainly the first step in your workflow. It installs a JDK, wires up …
Quarkus Unpacked: Insights from the Foojay Podcast
I recently had the pleasure of joining the Foojay podcast to talk about Quarkus in depth. The conversation covered a lot of ground, from …
Enterprise Java quality gates in the age of AI
Learn how enterprise Java teams can use deterministic quality gates, CI checks and tooling to keep AI-assisted code reviewable, consistent …
BoxLang v1.13.0: Compatibility, Concurrency, and Formatter Maturity
BoxLang 1.13.0 is a stability-first release with deep compatibility work and runtime hardening. This build closes 48 issues, with the …