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10 Rust Libraries to Skyrocket Your Backend Performance

Today reflecting on how Rust has transformed my backend development journey. As a programmer, I’ve seen firsthand how the right Rust…

Jun 11

10 Rust Libraries to Skyrocket Your Backend Performance

Jun 11

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I Switched to Jackson Blackbird and Slashed JSON Latency: Here’s How It Changed Everything

In 2025, performance is everything. As a Java developer working on a high-throughput REST API, I was frustrated by JSON processing…

Jul 21

I Switched to Jackson Blackbird and Slashed JSON Latency: Here’s How It Changed Everything

Jul 21

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5 Hidden Linux Commands You’re Using Without Knowing It

As a developer in 2025, I’ve spent years in the Linux terminal, thinking I knew its ins and outs — until I stumbled across commands buried…

Jul 25

5 Hidden Linux Commands You’re Using Without Knowing It

Jul 25

How One Annotation Change Made Our Java Backend 50x Faster — No New Servers, No Magic

In late 2024, our e-commerce platform buckled under Black Friday traffic. A single endpoint took 12 seconds to respond. The team panicked…

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How One Annotation Change Made Our Java Backend 50x Faster — No New Servers, No Magic

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10 Java Tricks So Powerful They Feel Illegal (But They’re 100% Legal)

In 2022, while optimizing a legacy payment processor, I stumbled on a one-liner that cut memory usage by 60%. My boss thought I hacked the…

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10 Java Tricks So Powerful They Feel Illegal (But They’re 100% Legal)

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Spring Boot Reactive with WebFlux: How I Cut Latency 70% by Going Async the Right Way in 2025

In 2023, while building a real-time stock ticker for 10,000 concurrent traders, my traditional Spring Boot API hit a wall — threads were…

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Spring Boot Reactive with WebFlux: How I Cut Latency 70% by Going Async the Right Way in 2025

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9 Secret Job Boards That Landed Me a Remote Gig in Under 30 Days — Try These Now

In early 2025, after a surprise layoff from my corporate dev role, I was back to square one — scouring LinkedIn for the 100th time…

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9 Secret Job Boards That Landed Me a Remote Gig in Under 30 Days — Try These Now

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Why 1 == 1 is True but 128 == 128 is False in Java — The Hidden Trap That Broke My Code in 2025

In 2023, while debugging a critical user authentication flow, I stared at a failing test: if (userId == 128) { grantAccess(); } — but…

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Why 1 == 1 is True but 128 == 128 is False in Java — The Hidden Trap That Broke My Code in 2025

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How I Made Spring Boot Fly: 7 Performance Hacks That Cut Latency 78% in 2025

In 2022, during a live demo for investors, my Spring Boot dashboard froze at 2.4 seconds per request. The silence in the room was…

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How I Made Spring Boot Fly: 7 Performance Hacks That Cut Latency 78% in 2025

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How I Made My Spring Boot APIs 85% Faster with Smart Caching (And You Can Too)

In 2023, while scaling a real-time analytics dashboard for 50,000 users, I watched our Spring Boot API choke under load. Response time hit…

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How I Made My Spring Boot APIs 85% Faster with Smart Caching (And You Can Too)

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Software Developer by profession, Java lover by choice, home cook by passion. Writing about tech, relationships, and daily life challenges.

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