Backend war stories, told properly.
Production Spring Boot war stories and teaching deep-dives from a freelance backend engineer building for B2B SaaS. Real bugs, real trade-offs, real code — for engineers who want to understand not just what to do, but why.
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save, saveAndFlush, and REQUIRES_NEW: The Hibernate Questions Hiding in One Spring Service Method
Last week I was reading a teammate’s PR and stopped on a method that made me realise something: I’d been using save, flush, commit, and REQUIRES_NEW correctly for years — and if a junior had asked me to explain precisely what each one does and when, my answer would have been thinner than my code. Using a tool and being able to teach it are different skills, and the gap only shows when someone asks.
Javadoc Best Practices for Spring Boot - 5-Minute Professional Guide 2025
You’ve written clean code. Your tests pass. Your PR is ready. Then comes the review comment: “Please add Javadoc.”
Sound familiar?
Most developers know they should document their code, but Javadoc often feels like an afterthought—time-consuming, repetitive, and unclear about what actually matters.
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Spring Boot Testing Strategy – Context Management & Perf Secrets (Part 2)
Every second saved in test execution multiplies across your entire team and CI/CD pipeline. A 10x improvement in test performance can save hours of developer time daily—transforming a 10-minute test suite into a 1-minute feedback loop.
The culprit? Poor context management—the #1 cause of slow Spring Boot test suites.
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Spring Boot Testing Strategy – Ultimate Cheatsheet 2025 (Part 1)
Most Spring Boot testing articles bury you in theory. This one is built for action: a battle-tested reference you can keep open while coding.
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