Long-running workflows are Temporal’s superpower. A workflow can run for days, weeks, or even months. But what happens when you need to deploy a new version of your code while old workflows are still running?

This is where workflow versioning comes in. Get it wrong, and your workflows break on replay. Get it right, and you ac…

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This tutorial covers the basics: setting up a Temporal Worker in Spring Boot, creating your first workflow, and understa…

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I’ve tested the latest release in production environments. Here are the ten most cr…

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Getting started with Kestra — Modern engine for business automation

In this article, I’ll share my experience with Kestra. It’s a modern workflow orchestration platform that’s become popular among developers. If you’ve worked with Apache Airflow or simlar tools, Kestra feels different. It offers a fresh take on workflow automation

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One way of building resilient, scalable, and maintainable applications is use event sourcing. The event sourcing become a powerful architectural pattern. In classical approach we have only current state of application. On other hands in the event sourcing persist every state change as event. With this method we have complete history of chan…

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Introduction

Ever found yourself repeating the same mundane tasks during your build process? You might be checking forSNAPSHOT dependencies before a release. You could also check code formatting or do custom verifications that regular plugins don’t handle. We developers love automation. Maven plugins help us do that. They let you tweak and cust…

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What is structured logging?

Traditional text — based logs are great for humans but challenging for machines to parse…

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In today’s world of multiple-core processors, it is vital to know how Java manages memory and threads. This understanding helps in creating strong, high — performance applications. We often overlook basic understanding threading mechanisms as developers. But when issues arise — and they will knowing the core concepts can save your hours o…

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Have you ever wondered how your Java application finds all those imported classes? Or maybe you’ve faced the dreaded ClassNotFoundException and felt lost in classloader confusion? Perhaps you’ve dealt with dependency conflicts or library version issues in large applications. All these problems come from one key mechanism in Java: classloaders.

In …

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When I first encountered Spring AOP (Aspect — Oriented Programming), it seemed like magic. My Java code began executing extra behavior without my explicit command. Log statements showed up, transaction handled themselves, and security check happened automatically. But as with any advanced technology, the magic has a clear explanation.

In th…

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Introduction

The Spring Framework is key for Java enterprise development. It manages “beans,” which are objects, using a smart lifecycle system. It’s important for developers to grasp this lifecycle in Spring applications. This knowledge gives them control over how resources are set up, how they behave, and ho…

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Spring Boot starters are key feature of the Spring Boot ecosystem. They simplify dependency management and auto — configuration. A starter mix of dependencies and auto — configuration.It provides specific features with little setup needed. Spring Boot offers many official starters. However, you may need to create a custom starter for reusabl…

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Many developer…

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Picture this: your Java application is handling thousands of requests per second, but your database is struggling to keep up. Response times are climbing, and your team is debating whether to throw more hardware at the problem. Sound familiar? This is where Redis shines. Redis started as a tool for real-time analytics at Twitter (now X). Now…

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Imagine you’re building a microservice — based application where many services depend on each other. What happens when one service strt failing? Without proper error handling, failures can cascade through your system. They could bring down the entire application. This is where circuit breaker pattern comes in.

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Code reviews are crucial for software quality, but without proper best practices, they can become a bottleneck. Here are three (of course, it can be more) reviews efficient yet high — quality. I’ll include real examples where they help

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As software grows more complex, traditional example-based testing often fails. It can’t find edge cases and unexpected behaviors. Property-based testing (PBT) is a powerful alternative. It generates test cases based on properties that your code should meet without any manual input. This article will explore property-based test…

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Modern applications face increasingly complex challenges in handling data and interactions between services. As our systems grow, traditional request — response patterns often become bottlenecks. This leads to seek more flexible, scalable solutions. This is where event — driven architecture (EDA) comes in. It offers a powerful way to build resilient mic…

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Building reliable distributed applications can be challenging. System crash, network fail, and processes can get stuck halfway through execution. This is where Temporal comes in. It is an open — source workflow orchestration platform. When combined with Spring Boot, it helps you build robust apps. These apps can handle real — world challenge…

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In software development, automating the release process is key. It ensures efficiency and consistency in a fast-paced field. Many Java developer struggle with manual release. They face issues with version management and Git tagging. This article will show you how to automate your release process using GitHub Actions and the Ma…

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