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 woven into the fabric of daily life, shaping how we work, communicate, and make decisions, it is both timely ...
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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 builder API, a centralized agent registry, and deep MCP observability along with a suite of analytics improvements and …
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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 silently yet visibly happening in the field of artificial intelligence. This newsletter brings interesting developments, including …
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Runtime Code Analysis in the Age of Vibe Coding
Table of Contents What Makes This DifferentThe Gap in Java ToolingThe Original ProblemWhy Existing Tools Don’t FitHow I Ended Up Building ThisA Real-World BugHow the Bug AppearedWhy It Was Hard to SpotThe Key Insight: Frequency ≠ Resource ConsumptionHow It WorksInstrumentationThe …
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Unikernel: Profiling and Troubleshooting JVM on Nanos Unikernel
Table of Contents Profiling a Java Application Running Inside an Unikernel with JProfilerExplanationDirsArgsRunConfigBaseVolumeSzWhat this command doesInstrumentation PhaseFinal State Profiling a Java Application Running Inside an Unikernel with JProfiler Unikernels are often associated with minimalism and tight resource control. But can …
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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 of artificial intelligence in 2026. While significant activity characterizes the AI field, many unresolved research, …
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Optimizing Java for the Cloud-Native Era with Quarkus
Table of Contents What does Quarkus have to offer?Developer joy with live coding and dev modeCost efficiency and performanceReactive at its coreWhich of your current development pains could Quarkus solve?Dev ServicesVast extension ecosystem“OK, I would like to try it, but …
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Spring Boot 4 OpenTelemetry Guide: Metrics, Traces, and Logs Explained
Table of Contents Key TerminologyWhy OpenTelemetry?Step-by-Step GuideTesting with Docker ComposeConclusionReferences In my previous article, I outlined a comprehensive list of features introduced in Spring Framework 7 and Spring Boot 4. In this series of articles, we will explore these features in …
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Micrometer & Prometheus in Spring Boot: Kafka Burger Orders🍔📨
Learn Micrometer and Prometheus in Spring Boot by building a Kafka Burger Orders app that emits metrics. Step-by-step guide with code and takeaways.
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OpenTelemetry configuration gotchas
Table of Contents The promise of OpenTelemetryGotchasPath or no path?Python loggingMicrometer TracingQuarkusSummary Last week, I described several approaches to OpenTelemetry on the JVM, their requirements, and their different results. This week, I want to highlight several gotchas found across stacks …
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Challenge yourself with Application Observability Code Challenges
Table of Contents What are the Application Observability Code Challenges?GoalsWhat do the code challenges look like?Your own stackOnline environment(s)The first challenge🛠️ How to Get StartedChallenge details Code challenges are a nice way to challenge yourself with programming, resulting in some …