In this episode, I continue my journey with vector databases, integrating Pinecone, Neo4J , and Spring AI. While making some progress, I also encountered hurdles, such as evolving APIs and the unique architecture of vector stores. Next, I share insights …
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One giant Kubernetes cluster for everything
The ideal size of your Kubernetes clusters is a day 0 question and demands a definite answer. You find one giant cluster on one end of the spectrum and many small-sized ones on the other, with every combination in between. …
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Breaktime Tech Talks (Ep37): Vector Database Frustration + Microsoft LazyGraphRAG
This is episode 37 of the Breaktime Tech Talks. You are listening to the Breaktime Tech Talks podcast, a bite-sized tech podcast for busy developers, where we’ll briefly cover technical topics, new snippets, and more in short time blocks. I’m …
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Creating SBOMs with the Snyk CLI
The software bill of materials (SBOM) is quickly becoming an essential aspect of open source security and compliance. In this post, we’ll delve into what SBOMs are, why they’re necessary, and their role in open source security. What are SBOMs? …
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Code Reviews with AI: a Developer Guide
Code reviews are a cornerstone of software development. They’re where we share knowledge, catch bugs early, and ensure our code meets the highest standards. But let’s be honest… Traditional code reviews can be time-consuming and tedious and sometimes even miss …
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Spring Cloud Stream: Demystifying Event-Driven Architecture
Introduction Consider a bustling restaurant environment. The kitchen receives a flood of orders, waitstaff dart between tables, and patrons anxiously glance at their watches. Each time a waiter takes an order, he or she must verify it with the kitchen …
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Building local LLM AI-Powered Applications with Quarkus, Ollama and Testcontainers
Traditionally, many AI-powered applications rely on cloud-based APIs or centralized services for model hosting and execution. While this approach has its advantages, such as scalability and ease of use, it also introduces challenges around latency, data privacy, and dependency on …
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Securing Vaadin Applications with Microsoft Entra
Many companies use Microsoft 365, so letting users log in with their Microsoft account is a good choice. This blog post shows how to secure your Vaadin applications using Microsoft Entra for authentication and authorization and explains how Karibu Testing …
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Checking out Junie, a coding agent by JetBrains
Other languages: Español 한국어 Português 中文 Recently, I talked about Duplicate Finder on the Foojay Podcast hosted by Frank Delporte. We briefly touched upon implementing support for other formats, and Frank asked if I’m planning on adding AsciiDoc, as it …
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Sliding Window Counter Rate Limiter (Redis & Java)
This content is also available on YouTube. Check it out! The Sliding Window Counter offers a more efficient way to handle rate limiting compared to the Sliding Window Log. While the Sliding Window Log keeps an exact log of timestamps …
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Pi4J Welcomes Java 21 on the Raspberry Pi
Pi4J provides a friendly object-oriented I/O API and implementation libraries for Java Programmers to access the full I/O capabilities of the Raspberry Pi platform. The project “hides” the complexity to interact with electronic components through different ways of communication (SPI, …
