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Java 17’s GC Nearly Crashed Our App: A Real-World Story

Our Spring Boot app worked perfectly — until memory usage kept growing with every run.

Jul 6

Java 17’s GC Nearly Crashed Our App: A Real-World Story

Jul 6

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How We Monitor Database Health Using Datadog in Our Spring Boot App

If your app needs better DB monitoring, this guide shows how we fixed that gap using custom metrics and Datadog.

May 16

How We Monitor Database Health Using Datadog in Our Spring Boot App

May 16

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Your Users Deserve Better: Making Peace with Idempotent APIs in 2025

Why Idempotency is the Most Romantic Concept in Backend Engineering?

Apr 6

Your Users Deserve Better: Making Peace with Idempotent APIs in 2025

Apr 6

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16 Common REST API Status Code Mistakes to Avoid in 2025

Did you know 70+% API bugs come from misused status codes?

Feb 26

16 Common REST API Status Code Mistakes to Avoid in 2025

Feb 26

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Stop Re-requesting Tokens

If your app keeps running to the API door asking for a new token every time, it’s like a nervous child knocking again and again. Slow…

Sep 25

Stop Re-requesting Tokens

Sep 25

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The Case of the Duplicate Spring Beans: When IntelliJ Outsmarts You

You deleted the class, cleaned the build, invalidated caches… and still Intellij throws an error saying you have a duplicated bean.” —…

Jul 9

The Case of the Duplicate Spring Beans: When IntelliJ Outsmarts You

Jul 9

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🚦People Lag: The Silent Bottleneck Slowing Tech Team Down

People Lag — the human delay between decision, action, and follow-through

Jun 15

🚦People Lag: The Silent Bottleneck Slowing Tech Team Down

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🚫 Stop Logging with Spring Boot’s Default to Save Money in Datadog

Spring Boot default logs fragment stack traces and flood Datadog. This 5-minute fix cleans up logs, restores context, and saves money.

May 18

🚫 Stop Logging with Spring Boot’s Default to Save Money in Datadog

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Are You Still Using @Autowired Field Injection?

Field injection is not recommended

May 10

Are You Still Using @Autowired Field Injection?

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🛑 Stop Using @Value In Spring Boot 3

Use @ConfigurationProperties with Records Instead

May 10

🛑 Stop Using @Value In Spring Boot 3

May 10

Sivaram Rasathurai

Sivaram Rasathurai

ATL @Sysco | Architect of Oh Taxi App | 3.6M+ Impressions & 6K+ Reps with Java & Python Bronze badges in StackOverflow | Tips: https://buymeacoffee.com/rcvaram

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