BoxLang AI Deep Dive — Part 4 of 7: Middleware — The Missing Layer in Every AI Framework 🧵
Table of Contents 🏗️ The Middleware Architecture🎯 AiMiddlewareResult — Typed Flow Control📝 LoggingMiddleware — Instant Observability🔁 RetryMiddleware — Resilience Without Boilerplate🛡️ GuardrailMiddleware — Defense in Depth🙋 HumanInTheLoopMiddleware — Keeping Humans in Control🎙️ FlightRecorderMiddleware — AI Testing Solved🔢 MaxToolCallsMiddleware — Runaway ...
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Eliminating Flaky Tests to End World Hunger
Table of Contents Why Do Flaky Tests Matter?Common Causes of Flaky TestsStrategies to Keep Tests Reliable1. Awareness of Flaky Tests2. Fix One Flaky Test Each Sprint3. Use New Test Data4. Wait for Conditions to Be Met5. Run Tests in Parallel6. …
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Explore Spring AI SDK – Amazon Bedrock AgentCore – Part 1
Table of Contents IntroductionRole of Agentic AI FrameworksWhat is Spring AI and Spring AI SDK?What is Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Why?Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Capabilties1. AgentCore Runtime2. AgentCore Memory3. AgentCore Gateway4. AgentCore Identity5. AgentCore Policy6. Build-inTool: Code Interpreter7. Build-inTool: Browser8. Gen …
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Crossing the River Styx: Spring Boot 3.5 and the Zombie Dependency Problem
Table of Contents The CVE Blind SpotThe River StyxThe Rules Changed. The Habits Didn’t.What This Looks Like in PracticeWhen Dependencies Become ZombiesSpring Boot 3.5: The Next CrossingWe’ve Seen This Film BeforeThe Window Is Open. For Now.The Map, Not Just the …
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Spring I/O 2026: Field Notes from Barcelona
Table of Contents Agents everywhereRod Johnson on the roadThe sessions that didn’t get the main stageA few things from the HeroDevs cornerThe documentaryWhat I’m taking home Spring I/O 2026 wrapped in Barcelona on Wednesday. Three days at the Palau de …
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Building a Kotlin App with Spring Boot and MongoDB Search
Table of Contents DemonstrationPre-requisitesWhat is MongoDB Search?Load sample datasetCreating the MongoDB Search indexTesting our index in MongoDB CompassBuilding a Kotlin applicationCreating the projectAdding MongoDB driver dependencyEstablishing a connectionCreating the repositoryCreating a serviceCreating a controllerFinal application structureApplication structureRunning the applicationConclusion One …
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Building Distributed HTTP Sessions with Spring Session MongoDB
Table of Contents PrerequisitesProject DependenciesSpring WebSpring Data MongoDBMongoDB Spring SessionApplication ConfigurationBootstrapping the ApplicationEnabling MongoDB HTTP SessionsBuilding the Theme APIRunning the ApplicationTesting Session Behavior with curlReusing the SessionInspecting the Session in MongoDBWhy This MattersConclusion Spring Session MongoDB is a library that …
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From Zero to Full Observability with Dash0
Table of Contents Before: A Service with No ObservabilityPart 1: Build the ApplicationPart 2: Containerize and PublishPart 3: Deploy to KubernetesPart 4: Generate Traffic (the Before State)After: Adding Observability with the Dash0 OperatorPart 5: Install the Dash0 OperatorPart 6: Configure …
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Introducing Floci: A High-Performance, GraalVM-Powered AWS Emulator
Table of Contents The Motivation: Why Another AWS Emulator?Technical Edge: Built with Java and GraalVMFeature CoverageGetting StartedJoin the Floci Community The Motivation: Why Another AWS Emulator? As Java developers, we are used to local-first development. Tools that emulate the cloud …
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Spring Boot Actuator Health for MicroProfile Developers
Table of Contents The Conceptual BridgeThe Conceptual BridgeEndpoint MappingWriting Health ChecksWriting Health ChecksAuto-Configured Health IndicatorsResponse Format and Status CodesSecurity ConsiderationsActuator’s Extended CapabilitiesPractical Migration TipsConclusions If you worked with MicroProfile Health, you already understand the value of exposing application health information …
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Grails Isn’t Done Yet (Part 1): Inside the ASF Reboot
Table of Contents The technology we stop seeingWhy the Apache move mattersTwenty years of changing handsEighteen months of migrationOne hundred repositories become nineBeyond the code: licensing and complianceThe modernisation you might have missedWhat Grails 7 actually shipsGrails 8 and the …
