Spring101 articles

Table of Contents Step 1: Download Tomcat 11Step 2: Create a New Vaadin ProjectStep 3: Adjust the pom.xmlStep 4: Update the Spring Boot Application ClassStep 5: Build the Application for ProductionStep 6: Deploy the WAR to TomcatConclusion If you want to …

Table of Contents Getting startedIssue #1: APIs, SDKs, and rapid changeIssue #2: ConfigIssue #3: JSON formatIssue #4: Loading data to Pinecone1. Metadata keysAlternative embeddings – Book descriptionsWrapping up!Resources As someone who is pretty familiar with relational and graph databases, I …

Table of Contents The InspirationThe ArchitectureGetting Started: Setting Up Your EnvironmentPart 1: Installing and Running Ollama LocallyPart 2: Creating the Spring Boot Project via Spring InitializrImplementing RAG with LangChain4jThe Magic of LangChain4j’s @AiServiceIntegrating with OllamaBuilding the Chrome ExtensionSetting up the …

Table of Contents IntroductionConfiguring OllamaSpring AI + Ollama: a perfect match!Setting up the projectEnough talk, show me the codeA quick detour on FastMCPConclusion Introduction Building local AI agents with Spring AI and Ollama has emerged as a game-changer for developers …

Table of Contents The mvn dependency:analyze commandSpring Boot startersBringing the maven-dependency-analyzer into the modern ageConclusion Recently, my good friend Richard Fichtner advised using the mvn dependency:analyze command to get rid of declared but unused dependencies: There is another use case …

Table of Contents Vector database architectureJSON formattingPinecone configurationConfiguring multiple vector storesWhy and how to participate in open sourceWrapping up! In this episode, I continue my journey with vector databases, integrating Pinecone, Neo4J , and Spring AI. While making some progress, …

Table of Contents Devnexus conference shout-outVector database explorationIssues getting up and runningOverall experienceMicrosoft LazyGraphRAGWrapping up! 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, …

Table of Contents Why Event-Driven Systems?What Are Event-Driven Systems?Key drivers:Why Now?The Architecture of Event-Driven SystemsKey BenefitsCommunication in MicroservicesPopular Message BrokersCloud-Based Messaging SystemsScaling and Fault Tolerance in Event-Driven SystemsFault Tolerance MechanismsReal-Time and Streaming DataStream Processing LibrariesChallenges of Event-Driven ArchitectureCAP Theorem and …

Table of Contents Step 1: Create an Application in EntraCreate App RoleAssign UsersCreate Client SecretStep 2: Configure OAuth2 with Entra in our ApplicationAdd DependenciesConfigure the ApplicationEnable Entra SecurityConfigure Role PrefixRoles in ActionStep 3: Setup Karibu TestingSummary Many companies use Microsoft …

Table of Contents A story about legacyEvaluating SpEL expressionsImplementing the audit adviceTesting the audit aspectImprovementsFootnotes In this article, we’ll implement a declarative API to perform tasks belonging to cross-cutting concerns, using auditing as an example. We’ll see how SpEL and …