Architecting Spring Boot 4 with Official Spring gRPC Support
For years, the Spring community relied on excellent third-party starters (like net.devh) to bridge the gap between Spring Boot and gRPC. With the evolution of Spring Boot 4 and the…
Secure Your Secrets: Encrypting Values with Spring Cloud Config
In the world of microservices, Spring Cloud Config provides a centralized way to manage externalized configurations for your applications. But what about sensitive data like database passwords or API keys?…
Leveraging the CircuitBreakerFactory in Spring Cloud Circuit Breaker
Spring Cloud Circuit Breaker provides a powerful abstraction for implementing the circuit breaker pattern in your microservices. At the heart of this abstraction lies the CircuitBreakerFactory, a key component that…
Mastering Spring Authorization Server: Architectural Guide
As a Software Architect, transitioning from the legacy spring-security-oauth2 to the modern Spring Authorization Server (SAS) is a critical shift. This guide provides a deep dive into building a robust…
Connecting to Multiple MongoDB Databases with Spring Data
Modern applications, especially in a microservices architecture, often require interaction with multiple databases. This is particularly common with NoSQL databases like MongoDB, where different services might have their own dedicated…
Mastering Fallback Methods in Spring Cloud Circuit Breaker
Spring Cloud Circuit Breaker provides an elegant way to handle failures in distributed systems by employing the circuit breaker pattern. A crucial aspect of this pattern is the fallback mechanism,…
Conquering Distance: Federated Service Discovery with Spring Cloud and Consul
Microservices excel at breaking down monolithic applications into smaller, manageable units. But as your system expands across multiple data centers or cloud providers, a new challenge emerges: how do services…