1. Spring and Java

>> Complete Guide to Spring RestTemplate [reflectoring.io]

A quick but comprehensive guide showcasing the full power of RestTemplate in Spring.

>> Keyset Pagination with Spring [vladmihalcea.com]

A nice trick that allows achieving better performance when paginating large result sets.

Also worth reading:

Webinars and presentations:

Time to upgrade:

2. Technical and Musings

>> Updating The Single Most Influential Book of the BASIC Era [blog.codinghorror.com]

Nostalgia strikes back and forms a community effort to update an iconic BASIC book. Amazing!

>> Google Protocol Buffers Support Idiomatic Kotlin Bindings [infoq.com]

Protobuf with Kotlin bindings? That’s a definitely nice one to see!

>> Problem-driven design (2021) [abdullin.com]

DDD works great with established and stable domains… but what to do if it’s not the case in your project?

Also worth reading:

3. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

>> Plastic Packaging [dilbert.com]

>> Honest Men [dilbert.com]

>> Product Compliant [dilbert.com]

5. Pick of the Week

>> Still exploring CockroachDB Serverless