Distributed Systems
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Software Development
GraphQL vs Protobuf: Differences, Similarities, and When Each One Truly Shines
If you spend enough time building modern distributed systems, you eventually run into a familiar crossroads: should your services speak…
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Enterprise Java
Temporal Workflow Engine with Spring Boot
Temporal is a durable workflow engine designed for building reliable, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems. Instead of managing complex business…
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Software Development
Functional Choreography for Microservices: From Theory to Practice
Microservices promised us independence. Each service would own its domain, deploy on its own schedule, and scale without stepping on…
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Core Java
Save the Day (and Memory): Java Caching Strategies Using Caffeine and Redis
Caching is one of those things that sounds simple until you actually need it. Then suddenly you’re drowning in cache…
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Software Development
Microservices Madness: Practical Patterns That Keep Your Services Resilient
Microservices are like that friend who’s a blast at parties but a headache the next day. They promise flexibility, scalability,…
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Core Java
Tracing Java: Instrumenting Your Code for Full-Stack Observability
Application observability has become critical for maintaining reliable Java applications in production. Tracing provides visibility into request flows across distributed…
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Core Java
Migrating a Legacy RMI Application to WebSockets — A Pragmatic Guide
Remote Method Invocation (RMI) was once the straightforward way for Java apps to talk across a network. But it’s tightly…
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Software Development
Building Reliable Event-Driven Architectures with Kafka: Outbox Pattern, Exactly-Once Guarantees, and Idempotent Consumers
Event-driven architectures (EDA) are becoming the backbone of modern applications. By decoupling services and reacting to events rather than polling…
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Enterprise Java
Apache Camel vs Apache Kafka: Understanding the Differences
Apache Camel and Apache Kafka are two prominent technologies that serve distinct purposes in the realm of distributed systems and…
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