Posted inJava Software Design
Java: Applying the Strategy Pattern Without Overengineering
As business logic grows, applications often accumulate conditional statements that select different behaviors based on…
Java: Securely Managing Secrets in Application Deployments
Most applications need credentials to communicate with databases, message brokers, external APIs, or cloud services.…
Posted inDatabases Java Performance
Java: Making Database Access More Efficient with Batching
Database performance is not determined only by query complexity. The number of requests sent to…
Java: Database Connection Pooling and Capacity Planning
Introduction Opening a database connection for every operation is expensive. Connection pools reduce that overhead…
Posted inBackend Development Java
Java: Designing Resilient HTTP Clients with Timeouts and Retries
Introduction Most backend applications depend on services they do not control. Even a normally reliable…
Java: Containerizing Applications for Consistent Deployments
Introduction A Java application may work on a developer's machine but fail in a test…
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Java: Structured Concurrency and Managing Related Tasks
Introduction A server request may need information from several independent sources: a customer service, an…
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Java 25: Language and Runtime Features for Application Developers
Introduction Java 25 arrived in September 2025 as a long-term support (LTS) release. For teams…
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Java: Integration Testing with Testcontainers
Introduction Unit tests are excellent for checking business logic, but they cannot prove that an…
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Java: Practical Exception Handling in REST Services
Exceptions are a normal part of backend development, but inconsistent exception handling can make a…