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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

Say Goodbye to Boilerplate: How Spring Boot 3.3 Makes Database Code Simple in 2025

In 2022, while building a fintech microservice, I wrote 400 lines of JDBC boilerplate just to handle user accounts. It worked, but every…

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Say Goodbye to Boilerplate: How Spring Boot 3.3 Makes Database Code Simple in 2025

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Maven vs. Gradle in 2025: The Ultimate Deep Dive to Choose Your Build Tool Wisely

In 2023, as a Java developer starting a new Spring Boot project, I faced the classic dilemma: Maven or Gradle? I chose Maven for its…

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Maven vs. Gradle in 2025: The Ultimate Deep Dive to Choose Your Build Tool Wisely

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Top 7 Java Anti-Patterns That Are Silently Killing Your Code in 2025

In 2022, while debugging a production outage at a fintech firm, I traced a 3-hour downtime to a single static logger in a Spring service…

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Top 7 Java Anti-Patterns That Are Silently Killing Your Code in 2025

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Stop Writing Old Java: 7 Pattern Matching Tricks in Java 21 That Will Wow You

In 2023, while refactoring a legacy Spring Boot service, I replaced 200 lines of nested instanceof checks with 40 lines of Java 21 pattern…

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Stop Writing Old Java: 7 Pattern Matching Tricks in Java 21 That Will Wow You

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Java HashMap Secrets That Will Transform Your Code in 2025

In 2022, while profiling a payment processing service, I discovered a HashMap silently consuming 40% of CPU during peak loads. The culprit…

5d ago

Java HashMap Secrets That Will Transform Your Code in 2025

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Two Disks: Code and Tests. You Can Only Save One. Here’s What I Chose.

In 2023, during a catastrophic server failure at my fintech startup, we lost everything. The production disk was gone. The backup? Only one…

6d ago

Two Disks: Code and Tests. You Can Only Save One. Here’s What I Chose.

6d ago

HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2 vs HTTP/3: The Ultimate Performance Guide for 2025

In early 2024, as I optimized a Spring Boot API for a high-traffic e-commerce site, HTTP/1.1’s head-of-line blocking slowed page loads to 3…

Oct 30

HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2 vs HTTP/3: The Ultimate Performance Guide for 2025

Oct 30

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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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