Core Java
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Spec-Driven Development with AI: Write the Spec First, Then Prompt the Implementation
Vibe coding gets a feature built. Spec-driven development gets a system built correctly. The difference is whether you hand an…
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Fixing PatternSyntaxException: Unclosed Character Class
In Java, regular expressions are widely used for pattern matching, validation, searching, and string manipulation. The Java Regex API provides…
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Rust in the Enterprise: A Java Team’s Honest Assessment After 18 Months of Production Use
We are a Java shop. Have been for twelve years. We know Spring Boot, we know how to tune G1GC,…
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Go 1.24 vs Java 25 for Microservices: An Updated Honest Benchmark in 2026
Most Go vs Java comparisons you find online predate virtual threads, generational ZGC, and Go’s Swiss Tables. This is the…
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Java IPv4 to IPv6 Conversion
With the growing demand for IP addresses, IPv6 was introduced as a successor to IPv4. While IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses,…
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Virtual Threads Two Years In: Production War Stories, the Pinning Edge Cases, and What JDK 25 Fixed
Java 21 shipped virtual threads in September 2023. Two-plus years of production data later, the picture is more nuanced than…
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HTMX in a Java World: Building Hypermedia APIswith Spring Boot and Thymeleaf
Tired of wiring up React for a search box? HTMX gives your Thymeleaf templates superpowers — live search, inline edits,…
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eBPF for Java Developers: What It Is, Why It’s Revolutionizing Observability, and How It Affects Your JVM Profiling
The technology reshaping how async-profiler and JFR see your code — explained without the kernel jargon. If you have spent…
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Prompt Engineering Is Not Enough: How Java Developers Should Structure AI Agent Workflows Using Embabel or Koog
Goal-oriented planning, tool registration, and multi-step task execution — finally, on the JVM. 1. The Problem With Prompt-Only Thinking If…
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