Designing Relational Data Models with ACID Transactions
Learn how relational databases model structured data with keys, relationships, ACID transactions, and clear boundaries while avoiding common design traps such as misplaced business logic.
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Modernizing Java Applications with the Five Rs and Strangler Pattern
Learn how to modernize legacy Java systems using rehost, refactor, revise, rebuild, replace, and the strangler pattern while managing data, sessions, testing, and endpoints.
Choosing Between Microservices, Miniservices, and Serverless
Learn how to evaluate release frequency, scale, data integrity, DevOps readiness, miniservice compromises, and serverless tradeoffs before choosing a Java architecture style.
Building Resilient Java Microservices with Fault Tolerance and Sagas
Learn how circuit breakers, fallbacks, retries, timeouts, idempotency, sagas, and backend orchestration help Java microservices survive distributed failures.
Designing Cloud-Native Java Services with Kubernetes and Twelve-Factor Practices
Learn how scalability, modularity, resiliency, PaaS, containers, Kubernetes, and twelve-factor practices fit together when designing Java services for cloud-native environments.
Automating Business Rules and Workflows in Java Systems
Learn how to separate changing business decisions and stateful processes using rules, CEP, DMN, BPMN, Drools, jBPM, and clear integration boundaries.
Designing Reliable Messaging with Queues and Delivery Guarantees
Learn how to design Java messaging flows with queues, topics, delivery guarantees, dead letter queues, message persistence, copies, and operational tracing.
Designing Java Integration Routes with ESB Patterns and Camel
Learn how Java teams can design integration routes with ESB ideas, enterprise integration patterns, Apache Camel, routing, transformation, and operational visibility.
Using MicroProfile and Quarkus for Cloud-Native Java Services
Learn how MicroProfile and Quarkus extend familiar Java APIs with cloud-native configuration, observability, packaging options, and productive persistence through Panache.
Building DevOps Teams Around Automation and Shared Ownership
Learn how DevOps changes team ownership, why automation matters, and how DevSecOps, BizDevOps, and production feedback improve delivery quality.
