Spring Boot
- I Added OpenTelemetry to My Spring Boot Services — What I Saw Shocked Me – Gaddam.Naveen
The first part is a little bit boring, but the explanation of the installation into Spring Boot is really good - 5 Things You Should Learn NOW Before You Fall Behind – Harry
Spring 7 is coming; be prepared - How to Change Log Levels Dynamically in Spring Boot (Without Restarting Your Service) – Arvind Kumar
Nice feature, explained in detail - How Spring Boot 4 + Leyden Makes Java as Fast as Go in 2025 – Riya Sharma
I really should give it a try; it sounds very easy - Dockerize Spring Boot Like a Pro: 2025 Best Practices for Blazing-Fast Deployments – Lakshika
Starts from choosing the right base image and ends with health checks and monitoring - 7 Spring Boot Annotations You’re Using Wrong (And How Seniors Use Them Right) – Ujjawal Rohra
I agree to all 7, especially to the @Scheduled - 5 Spring Boot Tricks That Cut My Cloud Costs by 60% (Real-World Guide) – Riya Sharma
Very useful tricks that work
Java / JVM
- Best JVM Flags/Config: Nobody Talks About – Prince Bharti
Choose garbage collector flags wisely with help of this article - JUnit 5 is dead, long live JUnit 6! – Erwan LE TUTOUR
JUnit 6 is an evolution (not a revolution), most interesting for me: CsvSource
IntelliJ
- 10 Hidden IntelliJ IDEA Features That Will Instantly Boost Your Productivity – Gain Java Knowledge
Nothing really new, but some tips are good to remember
Tools / Libraries
- 10 Keycloak Tricks Every Backend Developer Should Know – AlgoWing
You learn a lot about Realms, Client Scopes, Protocol Mappers, Token Introspection, Rotating Keys, … - My Experience Switching from Docker to Podman – Yasmine
Interesting comparison with pros and cons! - Localhost HTTPs: 3 Easy Ways to Secure Your Local Development Server –Robbie Cahill
For me, mkcert works best; tunnelmole won’t work (for me?) - DataFaker: Revolutionizing Test Data Generation in Java – Lucas Fernandes
Great job! A relly exhausting overview over the features of DataFaker.
MacOs
- The Mac Apps I Wish Someone Told Me About Earlier – The Useful Tech
I found at least one useful app among these - WailBrew
A nice GUI for homebrew!
General
- Bayes’ Theorem for Humans: The Math Trick Behind Better Thinking – Kalle Georgiev
One of the best explanation of Bayes’ Theorem I know