The Hidden Cost of “Just Add a Setting”
“Can we just add a setting for this?” It sounds harmless. Suppose an office should be able to choose its default appointment duration. The f...
Sep 9, 2026
15 min
Stop Creating an Endpoint for Every Button
There is a pattern that feels completely natural when building an API. The frontend gets an Approve button, so the backend gets an endpoint:...
Event-Driven Microservices with Apache Kafka, Redis Caching and Transactional Outbox Pattern
Master high-throughput event-driven microservices architecture using Java 21, Spring Boot 3.4+, Apache Kafka, Redis distributed locking and ...
Centralized Secret Management with Spring Cloud Config & Vault: A Production Guide
Hardcoding DB credentials, JWT secrets or API keys inside application.yml or Docker images is a security disaster waiting to happen. Learn h...
Service Discovery with Eureka and Spring Cloud: A Production Hands-On Guide
Learn how to build production-grade service discovery with Eureka and Spring Cloud LoadBalancer. Includes real-world heartbeat tuning and me...
