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All You Want to Know About Spring API Versioning

January 3, 2026 at 5:51 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

Something is brewing for 2026 🚀

Stay tuned 🧐

January 1, 2026 at 7:16 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

💡Spring Boot + Thymeleaf TIP💡

In #SpringBoot applications, you can use PUT, PATCH, DELETE, etc methods in addition to GET, POST in your Thymeleaf Forms.

December 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

🚨 All You Want to Know About Spring API Versioning 🍃
youtube.com/watch?v=xDMj...

✨ Enabling API Versioning using properties & programmatic configuration
✨ Using Header, Query Param, MediaType Param, Path Segment Strategies
✨Fixed & Baseline Versioning
✨ Testing with MockMvcTester and RestTestClient

Migrating To Spring Boot 4

youtube.com

December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

That will set the prefix for everything including actuator endpoints and static resources as well, which might not be what we want.

November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

💡Spring Boot Tip💡
While building Spring Boot REST APIs its a common convention to use "/api".

Instead of adding (@)RequestMapping("/api") in all controllers, you can configure that as follows:

November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

Spring Modulith introduced support for Application-Module Aware Flyway Migrations.

You can checkout that feature in action here👇
github.com/sivaprasadre...

#Java #SpringBoot #SpringModulith

November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

🚨 Practical Guide To Upgrade to Spring Boot 4 🚀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENpq...

👉 How to update Starter dependencies
👉 Updating Testcontainers dependencies and config
👉 Jackson 2 ObjectMapper to Jackson 3 JsonMapper
👉 Using Spring Boot HTMX 5
👉 Issue with RESTAssured

GitHub - sivaprasadreddy/progen: Spring Boot Project Generator CLI

November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

Spring Boot Project Generator CLI "progen" version 1.0.0 is released to support Spring Boot 4.

github.com/sivaprasadre...

#Java #SpringBoot

Spring Boot Project Generator CLI. Contribute to sivaprasadreddy/progen development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub - sivaprasadreddy/spring-modular-monolith: A modular monolith application built with Spring Modulith

November 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

Upgraded my Spring Modular Monolith sample to Spring Boot 4, and Spring Modulith 2.

github.com/sivaprasadre...

#Java #SpringBoot #SpringModulith

A modular monolith application built with Spring Modulith - sivaprasadreddy/spring-modular-monolith

Introducing Dev Services for Spring Boot using Arconia

November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

Enhance the Spring Boot developer experience with Arconia: zero-code and zero-config infrastructure provisioning. Add one dependency. That's it!

www.thomasvitale.com/arconia-dev-...

#Java #SpringBoot

Enhance the Spring Boot developer experience with Arconia: zero-code and zero-config infrastructure provisioning. Add one dependency. That's it!

www.thomasvitale.com

November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

🚨 Remote Debugging Spring AI + Docker Model Runner Issue From IntelliJ IDEA 🚀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwaB...
✨ Integrating Spring AI with Docker Model Runner
✨ Using Docker Compose to run LLM model & Spring Boot app
✨ Remote Debugging from IntelliJ IDEA

#Java #SpringBoot #SpringAI #Docker

Remote Debugging Spring AI + Docker Model Runner Issue From IntelliJ IDEA

Code Review Buddy | EP01 - Review Spring Boot REST API

November 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

Here is the first episode of "Review Buddy Program"

EP01 - Code Review of Spring Boot REST API with JWT Authentication

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIMf...

#Java #SpringBoot #BestPractices #CodeReview

Spring Boot REST API Anti-Patterns and Best Practices

October 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

🚀 Introducing the Review Buddy Program!

I’ll review your Java projects on GitHub, share constructive feedback, and record the review to explain the why behind my suggestions 🎥

Want your code reviewed by an expert?
👉 Submit here: github.com/sivaprasadre...

#Java #CodeReview #DevCommunity

October 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

Using ":latest", ">=3.12", "^7.1.0", "~3.0.4", etc is nothing but asking for the trouble. Just specify the exact version you want to use. With tools like Renovate and Dependabot, updating to newer versions can be simple without all this lock file headaches.

October 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

While there are countless guides available for starting with Spring Boot, developing production grade applications requires understanding best practices & avoiding common pitfalls.

Discover do's and don'ts of creating REST APIs with #SpringBoot in this video:

#sivalabs #spring #springboot #intellij #productivity #java #testing #junit #junit5 #maven #jpa #hibernate #unittesting In this video, I will explain what are some of the common anti-patterns used…

Spring Boot: Build URL Shortener Application - Complete Course (5 Hours)

October 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

There is no better way to learn a technology than building an application with it.

Here is a complete hands-on coding tutorial building URL Shortener application using Spring Boot end-to-end (5 Hours)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEgS...

Join this channel to get access to the perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yMHBNLA1AnVfy_beGJGqg/join #sivalabs #java #spring #springboot #microservices #restapi #intellijidea #testing #junit…

GitHub - tomato-architecture/url-shortener-tomato-architecture: URL Shortener Application following Tomato Architecture

October 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

A multi-module Spring Boot app with a WebApp, REST API and Spring Shell based CLI

github.com/tomato-archi...

You don't need to create 10000 interfaces to support multiple delivery mechanisms(WebApp, REST API, CLI) 🚫

#TomatoArchitecture #PragmaticDeveloper

URL Shortener Application following Tomato Architecture - tomato-architecture/url-shortener-tomato-architecture

Recommendations - Tomato Architecture

October 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

1⃣ Should I write more Unit test or Integration Tests?
2⃣ Should I use Mockito or In-Memory Implementations for testing?
3⃣ Should I aim for 100% Test Coverage?
4⃣ How to enforce a common coding style in a team?

I have shared my thoughts on these here 👇

tomato-architecture.github.io/recommendati...

A pragmatic approach to software development

tomato-architecture.github.io

October 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

When it comes to software architecture, the well-known styles are Clean/Hexagonal/Onion Architectures. But I don't recommend them anymore.

Here is why 👇

tomato-architecture.github.io

TLDR: I still value the core principles they recommend, but I hate the dogma around them.

#TomatoArchitecture 🍅

Tomato Architecture

A pragmatic approach to software development

tomato-architecture.github.io

October 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM

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Simon Verhoeven

@simonverhoeven.bsky.social

I strongly recommend watching the latest Marco show, which was hosted by @jetbrains.com where he interviews Gavin King, the creator of Hibernate, to gain some insights into its myths and ORMs in general.

October 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE

@intellijidea.com

How often have you temporarily injected a bean 🫘 or added debug code, only to remove it after you find the issue? 👀 With #SpringDebugger, invoke any bean’s methods at a breakpoint and move on. More cases in the video 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjVy...

Spring Debugger: ApplicationContext At Your Finger Tips

IntelliJ IDEA has very good support for debugging Java applications. But while debugging an application, if we have framework-specific additional debugging capabilities that would be a great…

My Unfiltered Thoughts on Quarkus

September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Siva

@sivalabs.in

Should You Try Quarkus NOW?

youtu.be/fWJEC_qHUQ4?...

In this video I shared my thoughts on @quarkus.io

What I like, what I love and what can be improved.

#Java #Quarkus