Dependency Injection in Spring Boot
Constructor injection, circular dependencies, and advanced Spring Boot DI scenarios with concrete code patterns.
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Tech Insights & Engineering Notes
AI systems, platform engineering and architecture. Lessons from 13+ years of building at scale.
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Practice: Build a Concurrent Downloader in Java
Executive Summary: This practice project builds a concurrent link checker in Java two ways: a fixed thread pool…
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Structured Output from LLMs in Python with Pydantic
Turn model replies into validated Python objects: one Pydantic schema, schema-constrained generation where available, and a repair loop…
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How to Prioritize When Everything Is Urgent
Learn how to prioritize when everything is urgent with MoSCoW, cost of delay, WSJF scoring, and an intake…
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Structured Concurrency in Java
Executive Summary: Structured concurrency ties subtasks to the scope that started them, so failures and cancellations do not…
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Python 3.13 Free-Threading and JIT: What Changed and Should You Care
Python 3.13 ships an optional build without the GIL and an experimental JIT. Learn what each one does…
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How to Say No to Unrealistic Requests Without Burning Bridges
Learn how to say no to unrealistic requests with the triple constraint, a trade-off menu, and scripts that…
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Virtual Threads in Java: The New Concurrency Model
Executive Summary: Virtual threads let blocking Java code scale like async code, because a blocked virtual thread frees…
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Quantum Computing Learning Plan for a Software Developer
A software developer's learning plan for quantum computing: concepts, resources, and a realistic path from classical code.
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uv Python Tutorial: Fast Package and Project Management
uv replaces pip, venv, pip-tools, pipx, and pyenv with one fast tool. Learn the project workflow, the lockfile,…
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CompletableFuture and Asynchronous Programming in Java
Executive Summary: CompletableFuture builds async work as a pipeline of stages you can transform, chain, and combine. I…
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How to Handle Conflict on an Engineering Team
Learn how to handle conflict on an engineering team as a tech lead: the five Thomas-Kilmann modes, plus…
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JavaScript in AI Development: Browser and Node Tutorials
Practical JavaScript AI tutorial: local embeddings in Node, browser image classification with Transformers.js, ONNX/WebGPU notes, and a ship…
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Concurrent Collections in Java
Executive Summary: HashMap breaks under concurrent use, so Java provides concurrent collections built for it. I explain ConcurrentHashMap…
