Backend Development

42 articles

• Java

  22/10/2025 • 7 min read

  Java Mini Series | Handling the Unexpected: Exceptions

  try/catch/finally, checked vs unchecked, and throw vs throws for Java beginners in the Mini Series.

• Java

  09/10/2025 • 7 min read

  Java Mini Series | The Workhorse: Collections and Common APIs

  ArrayList, HashMap, List vs Set vs Map for Java beginners, with runnable Mini Series examples.

• Java

  14/09/2025 • 7 min read

  Java Mini Series | The Superpower: Core OOP Principles

  Encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction with runnable Java examples. Part of the Java Mini Series.

• Java

  28/08/2025 • 6 min read

  Java Mini Series | The Engine: Methods and Control Flow

  Methods, parameters, and control flow in Java with clear examples. The engine layer after classes and objects.

• Java

  26/08/2025 • 6 min read

  Java Mini Series | The Foundation: Objects, Classes and the Main Method

  Objects, classes, and the main method from first principles. The foundation post in the Java Mini Series.

• Featured

  27/03/2025 • 6 min read

  Code Optimization in Java: Minimize Latency with Profiling

  Java latency playbook: allocation and I/O techniques, pooling, async-profiler and JMH guidance, with before/after discipline.

• Java

  21/11/2024 • 7 min read

  Dependency Injection in Spring Boot

  Constructor injection, circular dependencies, and advanced Spring Boot DI scenarios with concrete code patterns.

• Postgres

  02/06/2024 • 5 min read

  Why PostgreSQL is the only Database You Need

  Why PostgreSQL covers JSON, vectors, FDWs, and more without a zoo of specialty stores. An opinionated database thesis.

• Backend Development

  13/03/2024 • 12 min read

  Monolith vs Microservices: The Decision, Not the Fashion

  Monolith vs microservices decided honestly: the side-by-side comparison on team shapes, scaling, and operational maturity, the modular monolith…

• Java

  12/02/2024 • 4 min read

  Spring Boot REST API

  Executive Summary: Java REST services without clear layering end up with fat controllers and brittle contracts. This post…

• Backend Development

  10/01/2024 • 12 min read

  How Kafka Works: Topics, Partitions, and Consumer Groups

  How Kafka works from the log out: topics and partitions as the units of order and parallelism, consumer…

• Java

  13/12/2023 • 4 min read

  Understanding JVM Internals: From Source Code to Runtime

  Executive Summary: Treating the JVM as a black box makes tuning and production debugging guesswork. This post walks…