You probably won't need to sort your list of objects with custom comparison very often. But when you do... well, buckle up boys, because we're going on a wild ride!

Wanna have fun with Spring Boot? Check those tips and tricks out!

For more dedicated coding tips and tricks in general, see this article.

Why do we still cling to the ancient dogma of single Service and single ServiceImpl? What are the pros and cons of this "methodology"?

This will be a very long rant post. I've put some sections into expandable boxes so that you can read them only when you need to.

Here are some non-exhaustive battle-tested tips and tricks for coding with Java (yes, yes, I hear you muttering about Kotlin, Go, or C#, but if Java is currently keeping the lights on and ramen in your bowl, then buckle up and keep reading).

Continuing from part 1, we bask ourselves in some of the "funniest" comments found in various Java libraries.

Java 25 drops on September 25 this year (as of August 18, when I'm writing this). Will enterprises immediately jump on the Java 25 hype train? LOL, nope. They'll probably stick with Java 8 until the heat death of the universe (there are tons of breaking changes from Java 21 to Java 25, so without a solid migration plan, your services will explode spectacularly), but hey, we can still have some fun exploring what's new!

The usage of Project Lombok's different annotations for specialized use cases (and how to avoid becoming the person everyone blames when the build breaks).

Today we're going on a container diet journey that'll make your Spring Boot apps leaner than the bloated things you often see during your Docker builds.

Are you sure you have used Optional the right way?

Java's getting a makeover, and honestly, it's about time. Let's see how the JDK is slowly but surely making Java less intimidating for folks who just want to print "Hello, World!" without summoning the ancient spirits of enterprise development.