Minecraft Functions meets Java
My son has gotten into Minecraft and Star Wars. He wanted the two of us to build the Death Star in Minecraft. That is not a small undertaking. I got…
Jackson Configuration
Jackson configuration for JSON to POJO conversion. Standard conversion for converting JSON to POJO objects for Rest APIs and other implementations.
Lombok: Annotations That Do the Heavy Lifting
If you’re a Java developer who’s tired of writing repetitive boilerplate code, Lombok is your new best friend. This clever library uses annotations to automatically generate common code elements, making…
Scaling Streams: Mastering Virtual Threads in Spring Boot 4 and Java 25
As a software architect, I’ve seen the industry shift from heavy platform threads to reactive streams, and finally to the “best of both worlds”: Virtual Threads. With the recent release…
Java: Build your own JobManager
So often I see developers turn to open source to implement job management. These are often far more advanced than what many people really need in their Java applications. Sure…
AdvancedString – java.lang.String on steroids!
Every need an additional method on the String Class? Well I have and it would have made life much easier. Unfortunately you can’t subclass String as it is Final. So…
Simplifying JavaFX Display Management with DisplayManager
JavaFX provides a powerful platform for creating rich graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in Java applications. However, managing multiple displays and screens within a JavaFX application can be a complex task.…