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Micrometer & Prometheus in Spring Boot: Kafka Burger Orders🍔📨

Author: Vincent Vauban Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents 1) Expose a Counter with Tags (Micrometer)2) REST Controller → Produce to Kafka3) Kafka Consumer → Count “DukeBurger”4) Avro Bytes → Object (utility)References 👨‍💻 GitHub: https://github.com/vinny59200/dukeburger 🔵⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ TL;DR This guide shows how to use Micrometer and Prometheus in Spring Boot to track a custom metric for a Kafka-driven …

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Beyond Keywords: Hybrid Search with Atlas And Vector Search (Part 3)

Author: Ricardo Mello Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents One search might not be enoughMerging the best of both worldsPrerequisitesThe vector searchThe full-text search Implementing the full-text index Executing a basic text query Improving the experience with fuzzy search Refining results with score boosting Combining forces with hybrid search The $rankFusion How to decide the right weights …

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JC-AI Newsletter #9

Author: Miro Wengner Original post on Foojay: Read More Fourteen days have passed, and it is time to present a fresh collection of readings that could influence developments in the field of artificial intelligence. This newsletter focuses on examining how AI enhances productivity through enterprise studies, tutorial, agentic system architecture, GraphRAG, evaluating risk methodologies in agentic systems, and the security …

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The Cost of Not Knowing MongoDB – Part 3: (appV6R0 to appV6R4)

Author: Artur Costa Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Application version 6 revision 0 (appV6R0): A dynamic monthly bucket document Schema Bulk upsert Get reports Indexes Initial scenario statistics Load test results Issues and improvements Application version 6 revision 1 (appV6R1): A dynamic quarter bucket document Schema Bulk upsert Get reports Indexes Initial scenario statistics Load test …

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BoxLang 1.7.0 Delivers Streaming, Distributed Caching, and Enhanced JVM Performance

Author: Luis Majano Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Real-Time Streaming with Server-Sent EventsEnterprise-Ready Distributed CachingAdvanced Code Analysis with BoxAST()Bytecode Compatibility VersioningPerformance & Stability EnhancementsOpen and Professional EcosystemAvailability & ResourcesAbout BoxLangAbout Ortus Solutions Dynamic JVM Language Adds Server-Sent Events, JDBC Cache Store, and AST Generation Capabilities Houston, TX – November 7, 2025 – Ortus Solutions announced the …

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Maqqie wint de NLJUG Innovation Award 2025

+++English version below++++ Ede, 6 november 2024 – Tijdens de 21e editie van J-Fall, de grootste Java-conferentie van Europa, is voor de zevende keer de NLJUG Innovation Award uitgereikt. De winnaar van dit jaar is Maqqie. Uit twee genomineerden, geselecteerd door een onafhankelijke jury, koos het publiek van J-Fall Maqqie als uiteindelijke winnaar. Maqqie ontwikkelde Clai, een innovatief AI-platform dat …

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Java Security Starts with the JVM

Author: Anthony Layton Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents 1. Security starts with timely, predictable updates   Azul does it differently  Why this matters  2. Long-term support = long-term security   The problem  Azul’s solution  3. A secure software supply chain   How Azul secures the supply chain  Key Takeaway  4. Beyond the JDK: proactive insights   Why this matters  5. …

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JC-AI Newsletter: Easy Access to Expanding Challenges

Author: Miro Wengner Original post on Foojay: Read More A few months ago, I launched the AI Newsletter to provide a minimally biased perspective on the growing challenges surrounding artificial intelligence. My primary motivation was and remains to be serving the community not only by showing how to use and access specific services for utilizing Large Language Models, but also …

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Modeling Relationships With Hibernate ORM and MongoDB

Author: Ricardo Mello Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents PrerequisitesOne-to-many relationship Approach 1: Embedding reviews inside books Approach 2: Moving reviews to a separate collection Approach 3: Bringing back recent reviews (Subset Pattern) Implementing the Subset Pattern Testing the feature Wrapping up In the previous article—Getting Started With Hibernate ORM and MongoDB—we learned how to configure Hibernate …

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