The Main Thread
Markus EiseleDeep dives into Quarkus, AI tooling, and the architecture decisions that actually matter for senior Java engineers.
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IBM Bob 2.0 with Engram: Persistent Project Memory
Open a fresh task in Bob and the repository is still there. The reasons behind earlier decisions usually are not.
Bob can read the code again. It can also read project rules and Git history. Those files may show that the project uses Podma...
Stop Duplicate Checkout Work at the HTTP Boundary
The user clicks Place order. The button starts spinning. After 600 milliseconds, the client gives up and shows a timeout.
The server keeps working. At 750 milliseconds it commits the order and writes 201 Created to a connection nobody is...
A Smaller Core for Broader AI-Enabled Products
One point from Theo Browne’s closing keynote at the AI Engineer World’s Fair stayed with me. He talked about terminals, editors, and other developer habits. I kept thinking about his point on project size.
Theo described software projects...
Your First Open Liberty Application with Maven
I went looking for one current guide that starts with an empty directory and ends with a tested Open Liberty application built by Maven. I found all the pieces, spread across several places. The Maven plugin documentation explains goals and...
When Gradle Earns Its Place in a Quarkus Build
I know Maven well. I have not used Gradle much in real project work. That is why I wanted to understand what Gradle changes in Java development and where it can help.
The generated project starts with three files: build.gradle, `settings...
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