1. Spring and Java

>> Structured logging in Spring Boot 3.4 [spring.io]

Well-defined, often machine-readable logging formats in Spring Boot 3.4: supporting common structured formats as well as being customizable. Really good stuff

>> Building a Semantic Search Service With Spring AI and MongoDB Atlas [mongodb.com]

A practical example of using Spring AI and MongoDB to implement an RAG application or an AI-enhanced search feature

>> JDK 23 and JDK 24: What We Know So Far [infoq.com]

And a lot of exciting features both at the language and VM level to come: structured concurrency, Stream gatherers, default generation ZGC, and more!

Also worth reading:

Webinars and presentations:

Time to upgrade:

2. Technical & Musings

>> Continuous reinvention: A brief history of block storage at AWS [allthingsdistributed.com]

From a product built using shared hard disk drives (HDDs), to one that is capable of delivering hundreds of thousands of IOPS. Always an interesting read 🙂

Also worth reading:

3. Pick of the Week

Last week, after a lot of development, I introduced Baeldung Pro.

Not yet officially launched (that’s coming), but it’s super cool to finally see it in use and readers enjoying the clean new reading experience 🙂

One thing I didn’t mention last time is the Lifetime option in Pro:

>> Baeldung Pro Lifetime

 

I know that makes a lot more sense sometimes than Yearly. There’s lots of new stuff coming in Pro, and I’m sure I’ll talk about it over the next couple of months.

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Baeldung Pro – NPI EA (cat = Baeldung)
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Baeldung Pro comes with both absolutely No-Ads as well as finally with Dark Mode, for a clean learning experience:

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Once the early-adopter seats are all used, the price will go up and stay at $33/year.

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Since its introduction in Java 8, the Stream API has become a staple of Java development. The basic operations like iterating, filtering, mapping sequences of elements are deceptively simple to use.

But these can also be overused and fall into some common pitfalls.

To get a better understanding on how Streams work and how to combine them with other language features, check out our guide to Java Streams:

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Get started with Spring Boot and with core Spring, through the Learn Spring course:

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The monthly training series, led by the creators and maintainers of OpenRewrite at Moderne, walks through real-world migrations and modernization patterns. Whether you’re new to recipes or ready to write your own, you’ll learn practical ways to refactor safely and at scale.

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