Lightweight Spring Boot Monitoring Without Prometheus and Grafana
Monitor Spring Boot applications on a small VPS using Actuator and StatLite, without operating a full Prometheus and Grafana stack.
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Idempotent Write Paths: Keeping an Integration Pipeline Correct When Messages Repeat
A reconciliation that didn't add up Let me start with a real one. After a big sales promo, during reconciliation, finance said a batch of …
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 …
JC-AI Newsletter #16
Over the past two weeks, the field of artificial intelligence has continued its remarkable pace of advancement. As AI becomes increasingly …
BoxLang AI 3.2.0 — Image Generation, Web Search, Fluent Audio, Agent Registry & MCP Observability
BoxLang AI 3.2.0 is here, and it's a landmark release. We're shipping five major features: image generation, web search, a fluent audio …
JC-AI Newsletter #14
Two weeks have passed and a lot have been happening on the field of artificial-intelligence. Two weeks have passed and a lot has been …
Runtime Code Analysis in the Age of Vibe Coding
In the era of vibe coding—where large amounts of code are introduced or refactored in short bursts, often with the help of LLMs—you need …
Unikernel: Profiling and Troubleshooting JVM on Nanos Unikernel
Profiling a Java Application Running Inside an Unikernel with JProfiler Unikernels are often associated with minimalism and tight resource …
JC-AI Newsletter #13
Two weeks have passed, and it is time to present a new collection of readings that may shape developments, utilization or ideas in the field …
Optimizing Java for the Cloud-Native Era with Quarkus
This article explores how Quarkus can help organizations reduce costs, streamline development, and modernize their Java applications for …