This Maven tutorial explains the core concepts in Maven (the build tool) so you are better equipped to read the official Maven documentation.

In this post, you will take a closer look at LocalAI, an open source alternative to OpenAI which allows you to run LLM’s on your local machine. No GPU is needed, consumer grade hardware will …

The CNCF Cloud Native Landscape is intended as a map through the previously uncharted terrain of Cloud Native technologies. It attempts to categorize projects and products in the Cloud Native space.

In this blog, you will learn how to monitor a Spring Boot application using Ostara. Ostara is a desktop application which monitors and manages your application. Enjoy!

The 19th of September 2023, Java 21 was released. Time to take a closer look at the changes since the last LTS release, which is Java 17. In this blog, some of the changes between Java 17 and Java …

AI-powered search for Kotlin Multiplatform libraries (KMP). Discover 4500+ tools, frameworks, and community libraries for building cross-platform apps with Kotlin Multiplatform.

Are you also struggling keeping the documentation of your Spring configuration properties in line with the code? In this blog, you will take a look at the Spring Configuration Property Documenter M…

People argue about whether some kinds of bad code count as Technical Debt. I prefer to focus on the interest/principal decision, and recognize debt has different causes.

In this blog, you will take a closer look at Podman Desktop, a graphical tool when you are working with containers. Enjoy!

Technical Debt is a metaphor for the consequences of cruft. You either have to accept a drag on further features (paying interest) or fix the software (paying the principal)

Do you also get lost in the configuration annotations of Spring Boot and how to use them? In this blog, you will take a look at the configuration annotations, what they mean and how you can apply t…

We usually perceive that it costs more to get higher quality, but software internal quality actually reduces costs.

In this blog, you will take a look at Podman Compose. With Podman Compose, you can use compose files according to the Compose Spec in combination with a Podman backend. Enjoy!

In this blog, you will learn how to use Podman with the built-in equivalent for Docker Compose. You will learn how to use Podman ‘kube play’ and how to deploy your Podman Pod to a local…

At many places you can read that Podman is a drop-in replacement for Docker. But is it as easy as it sounds? In this blog, you will start with a production-ready Dockerfile and execute the Podman c…

In this blog, you will learn how to backup and restore a PostgreSQL database. Enjoy!

In this blog, you will learn more about JHipster and how it can help you with developing modern web applications. Enjoy!

Yesterday was Grok 4.7 (pelicans) and MiMo v2.6 Flash/Pro (more pelicans). Today Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, and around an hour later OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. It’s …

How come that some people have a hard time finishing a small number of tasks while other are able to do a lot of work in a limited amount of time? It all has to do with how you manage your time. If…

In this post, you will learn how to create a Docker image for your GraalVM native image. By means of some hands-on experiments, you will learn that it is a bit more tricky than what you are used to…

Design patterns, as name suggest, are solutions for most commonly (and frequently) occurred problems while designing a software. These patterns are mostly “evolved” rather than “discovered”. Being so much of importance, let’s learn these design patterns (in context of java) in more detail.

In this blog, you will learn how to build a GraalVM image for your Spring Boot application. Following these practical steps, you will be able to apply them to your own Spring Boot application. Enjo…

In this blog, you will learn the basics of Ansible Roles. With Ansible Roles, you can reuse Ansible content you create and share them with other users. You will learn about Ansible Roles step-by-st…

I always found it inconvenient that I had to either keep changing the email in my .gitconfig every ti...

A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is getting more and more important in the software supply chain. In this blog, you will learn what an SBOM is and how to build the SBOM in an automated way. Enjo…

Every developer integrates their work into mainline at least every day.

In this blog, you will learn how to setup a Maven multi-module project which consists out of a Spring Boot backend and a Vue.js frontend. The application itself will not be created, only the setup …

Regularily checking for vulnerabilities in your pipeline is very important. One of the steps to execute is to perform a vulnerability scan of your Docker images. In this blog, you will learn how to…

In this blog, you will learn some Docker best practices mainly focussed on Spring Boot applications. You will learn these practices by applying them to a sample application. Enjoy!