Java
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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Backend
Building Calm Backend Systems
A workflow-level method for making backend state, failures, observability, recovery, and ownership understandable under production pressure.
10 min read
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Close the Gaps in HTTP/2 Inspection: A Backend Playbook for ALB + AWS WAF and Origin-Layer Safety
HTTP/2 frame-splitting can blind WAFs. Configure ALB+WAF safely and add origin guards with code, checklists, and ops practices.
13 min read
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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.
15 min read
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Designing Backends That Survive LLM Model Deprecations: A Practical Playbook
A practical backend playbook for surviving LLM model deprecations with toggles, fallbacks, evals, SLOs, and review checklists.
17 min read
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