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Java and Spring Boot Production Checklist
A risk-based Spring Boot go-live review covering configuration, APIs, transactions, dependencies, observability, security, and recovery.
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Java notes here focus on production backend work: Spring Boot defaults, observability, HTTP safety, metrics, error handling, and the small operational decisions that make JVM services easier to trust.
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01Java and Spring Boot Production ChecklistA risk-based Spring Boot go-live review covering configuration, APIs, transactions, dependencies, observability, security, and recovery.02Practical Error Handling in Spring Boot for Reliable Production APIsA hands-on guide to robust error handling in Spring Boot APIs—covering best practices, code examples, and production-ready patterns.03Production-Grade Java Metrics: Histograms, Percentiles, and SLOs with Micrometer and OpenTelemetryA hands-on Java guide to latency metrics that do not lie: histograms, percentiles, SLOs, and safe tagging with Micrometer and OpenTelemetry.
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1Java and Spring Boot Production Checklist10 min read2Practical Error Handling in Spring Boot for Reliable Production APIs12 min read3Production-Grade Java Metrics: Histograms, Percentiles, and SLOs with Micrometer and OpenTelemetry15 min read4Stop SSRF at the Source: A Practical Java Playbook with Spring Boot 4.1's InetAddressFilter17 min read5Make Final Mean Final in Java12 min read
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Make Final Mean Final in Java
A hands-on guide to prepare Java services for strict field initialization and final-field hardening—without breaking frameworks, tests, or ops.
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Stop SSRF at the Source: A Practical Java Playbook with Spring Boot 4.1's InetAddressFilter
A production playbook to harden outbound HTTP in Java using Spring Boot 4.1's InetAddressFilter, safe DNS, and egress controls.
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Production-Grade Java Metrics: Histograms, Percentiles, and SLOs with Micrometer and OpenTelemetry
A hands-on Java guide to latency metrics that do not lie: histograms, percentiles, SLOs, and safe tagging with Micrometer and OpenTelemetry.
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Practical Error Handling in Spring Boot for Reliable Production APIs
A hands-on guide to robust error handling in Spring Boot APIs—covering best practices, code examples, and production-ready patterns.
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