1. Spring and Java
>> The Archaeologist’s Copilot [martinfowler.com]
Legacy systems don’t really come mapped. Not usually at least.
This writeup shows how a coding assistant can help investigate an unfamiliar codebase, reconstruct its architecture, and turn scattered evidence into useful documentation. A developer is a central part of this work.
Also worth reading:
- >> Making ServiceLoader usable: a provider factory [frankel.ch]
- >> Your Loom App Quietly Became a Thread Pool Again: A Field Guide to Virtual Thread Pinning [foojay.io]
- >> I Asked GitHub Copilot to Profile a Java App. It Found a Bug in My Heap Sizing, and Offered to Fix It [foojay.io]
- >> Guardrails with OPA Policies in Quarkus LangChain4j [quarkus.io]
- >> Temporal Is to Your Code What a Database Is to Your Data [foojay.io]
- >> 🚑⚡ When NOT TO USE Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) [foojay.io]
- >> “This Can’t Possibly Work”: What I Learned at a Temporal.io Workshop [foojay.io]
Webinars and presentations:
- >> Foojay Podcast #100: When a Podcaster Interviews Podcasters, and What They All Have in Common [foojay.io]
- >> Valhalla, Now! [nipafx.dev]
- >> Quarkus Insights #254: Domain-Driven Design and Hexagonal Architecture – Part 2 [quarkus.io]
- >> Spring Office Hours Podcast: S5E18 – The Latest from OpenAI, Anthropic and Spring AI 2.0 [spring.io]
Time to upgrade:
- >> BoxLang 1.15.0 Released: Blazing Fast Strings, Runtime Portability, and much more [foojay.io]
- >> Quarkus 3.37.3 – Maintenance release [quarkus.io]
- >> JHipster v9.2.0 [github.com/jhipster]
- >> Vert.x 5.1.5 and 4.5.30 [github.com/eclipse-vertx]
- >> Grails 7.2.1, 7.1.4, and 7.0.14 [github.com/apache]
- >> Micronaut Core 5.0.6, 5.1.6, and 3.10.10 [github.com/micronaut-projects]
- >> Piranha CMS Version 12.2 and Version 12.1 [github.com/PiranhaCMS]
2. Technical & Musings
>> Building Service Topology at Scale: Architecture, Challenges, and Lessons Learned [netflixtechblog.com]
This deep dive explains how Netflix builds a service-topology platform from multiple data sources, resolves conflicting signals, and turns the resulting graph into practical infrastructure. Interesting weekend read.
Also worth reading:
- >> Which Doc Format is Best for AI Specifications? [vanillajava.blog]
- >> The Tower Keeps Rising [pocoo.org]
- >> Okta SAML and Keycloak for ID-JAG Cross App Access [christianposta.com]
- >> DSLs Enable Reliable Use of LLMs [martinfowler.com]
- >> Choosing the right tool safety approach for coding agents [scottlogic.com]
- >> Measuring the Impact of Personalized Recommendations [medium.com]
- >> Adopting Agentic: Talks and Reflections from Our AI Engineering Event [scottlogic.com]
3. Pick of the Week
We’re now reaching the end of our Summer Sale:
>> Summer Sale – 30% Off in All Access
If you’re planning to join, now is a good time to get into the platform and start exploring.
