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Chrome Is Switching Off unload: What Breaks and How to Fix It
Chrome disables the unload event on 80% of page loads from 25 August 2026. See who's affected, how to find your handlers, and the fix for each use-case.
gRPC in Spring Boot 4.1: The New Auto-Configuration, End to End
Spring Boot 4.1 moved gRPC auto-configuration into Spring Boot itself. Server, client, TLS, health, observability and a REST-vs-gRPC benchmark, built and run for real.
The UK Government’s SME Digital Adoption Plan: What Support Actually Exists in 2026
The government's SME digital adoption plan promises much. Here's what support actually exists today, what's still a promise, and how to use it
EU AI Act Delayed to December 2027: What UK Businesses Actually Need to Do
The EU has pushed high-risk AI Act obligations to December 2027. What's delayed, what still applies from August 2026, and what UK firms should do.
Spring Boot 3.5 to 4: The Complete Migration Guide (with Every Error We Could Verify)
OSS support for Spring Boot 3.5 ended on 30 June 2026. If you’re running any 3.x release in production today, you’re on an unsupported framework unless you’re paying for commercial support. This guide covers the migration from Spring Boot 3.5 to Spring Boot 4.x in full: what changed, what breaks, the exact errors you’ll…
Building an Agentic Workflow in Java: Multi-Step AI Agents with Spring AI and Tool Calling
A complete, runnable Java tutorial: build a multi-step AI agent with Spring AI 2.0 and Spring Boot 4.1 that calls live UK Parliament APIs, grounds every claim in a citation, and refuses to state anything it can't back up — covering the grounding, safety, testing and cost concerns most tutorials…
Streaming LLM Responses End-to-End: A Spring Boot SSE Backend and a Next.js Frontend
Streaming an LLM token-by-token is easy to demo and hard to ship. Here's the whole path — a Spring Boot SSE backend and a Next.js frontend — with the four things the demos skip solved: heartbeats, Last-Event-ID resume, upstream cancellation, and defeating proxy buffering.
Virtual Threads in Spring Boot 4
~6x throughput at 2,500 concurrent users from one flag — until the HikariCP connection pool became the limiter. A focused, reproducible Spring Boot 4 virtual threads benchmark.
How to Scale Spring Boot for High-Traffic Apps
Practical strategies to scale Spring Boot: optimise code and DB, use caching and virtual threads, tune thread pools, load-balance and monitor performance.
Grails 8: What’s Coming and How to Prepare Your Upgrade Path
Prepare your Grails 8 upgrade: Java 21, Spring Boot 4, Jackson 3, Gradle 9, plugin risks, testing and phased migration steps.
How to Identify and Fix Code Smells
Spot common code smells using reviews, static analysis and metrics; apply focused refactoring to reduce technical debt and improve maintainability.
Adding AI Agents to Your Existing Business Software: A Practical Roadmap for SMEs
SMEs can unlock efficiency and cost savings by adding focused, securely governed AI agents to existing software using a phased, risk-aware roadmap.
Building an MCP Server in Java: Connecting Your Spring Boot App to AI Agents
AI agents can now use tools. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is how you let them safely use yours. Here is how to turn an ordinary Spring Boot app into an MCP server — so Claude and other agents can call your code — using Spring Boot 4 and Spring…
Spring AI in Production: Building a RAG Application with Spring Boot 4 and PostgreSQL pgvector
A step-by-step guide to building a production-ready RAG application in Java with Spring Boot 4, Spring AI 2.0, and PostgreSQL pgvector. Includes a complete working customer-support assistant with source citations.
Difference between git worktrees and git branches
Compare branches (lightweight pointers) and worktrees (separate directories) to pick the right Git workflow for parallel work.
How to Build HIPAA-Compliant Healthcare Software
Practical steps to build HIPAA-compliant healthcare software: risk assessments, AES-256/TLS1.3 encryption, RBAC, audit logging and staff training.
Common OAuth Implementation Challenges and Fixes
Secure OAuth implementation: exact redirect URI checks, cryptographically safe state, least-privilege scopes, secure token storage, token rotation and PKCE.
Passkey Authentication in Grails 7: A Practical Guide to Killing the Password
Your users are still typing passwords. In 2026, that is both a security liability and a UX failure. Here is how to add passkey authentication to an existing Grails application with minimal changes to your current login flow. What you’ll learn: How WebAuthn and passkeys work under the hood, configuring…
Data Masking vs Anonymization: Key Differences
Compare data masking and anonymisation: learn how they differ in reversibility, compliance, data utility and security to pick the right approach.
HTMX with Spring Boot and Thymeleaf: A Production-Grade Guide Beyond the To-Do App
Stop wrestling with React build pipelines. Your Spring Boot backend can deliver SPA-like responsiveness with 14 KB of JavaScript and zero npm dependencies. What you’ll learn: Fragment rendering with @HxRequest, Out-of-Band swaps with FragmentsRendering, CSRF token integration with Spring Security, error handling with the response-targets extension, the htmx.process() fix for…
Cloud-Native Load Balancing: Key Techniques
Cloud-native load balancing shapes system behaviour under load with algorithms, global routing, health checks and IaC.
Spring Boot API Gateway for Microservices
Build a reactive Spring Boot API gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway: routing, service discovery, Redis rate limiting and monitoring with Actuator.
What is passkey security? Should I use it?
Passkeys replace passwords with device-held cryptographic keys, stopping phishing and credential theft while simplifying logins for businesses and users.
Spring Boot Caching: Best Practices for Memory Use
Spring Boot caching done right: set TTLs and size limits, choose Caffeine or Redis, design compact keys and monitor hit rates to avoid memory problems.
How to Build Custom Flutter Plugins
Step-by-step guide to create, test and publish custom Flutter plugins using Method Channels, native Android and iOS code, integration tests and pub.dev.
Kanban in Agile: Improving Flow and Delivery
Visual Kanban boards, WIP limits and flow metrics that reduce bottlenecks, speed delivery and make outcomes more predictable for Agile teams.
Guide to Designing Secure SaaS Architecture
Secure SaaS demands Zero Trust, least privilege, tenant isolation, strong encryption, and hardened CI/CD pipelines for compliant, resilient cloud platforms.
Identity Federation in SaaS: OAuth, OpenID Connect, and SAML
Compare OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and SAML for SaaS to choose the right protocol for authentication, authorisation and enterprise SSO.
How Partitioning Impacts Index Performance
How partitioning alters index structure, enables partition pruning to reduce I/O and cloud costs, and the trade-offs between local and global indexes.
Spring Boot Input Validation: A Complete Guide
Practical Spring Boot input validation guide covering Bean Validation annotations, @Valid/@Validated, custom validators, validation groups and error handling.
ABAC Implementation with Spring Security
ABAC with Spring Security centralises dynamic, contextual authorization using SpEL and a custom evaluator to avoid role explosion and enable fine-grained access.
JQuery introduces version 4.0.0 after a decade of development
jQuery 4.0.0 released with trusted types, a slimmer build, breaking changes and updated browser support.
Software Project Cost Calculator
Estimate software project costs easily with our free calculator. Input scope, team size, and rates to get a detailed breakdown in seconds!
HMAC in Spring Boot: Implementation Guide
Step-by-step Spring Boot HMAC guide: key generation, signature creation, timestamp validation and replay protection for secure APIs.
7 Ways to Cut Costs in Legacy System Modernization
Practical strategies to reduce legacy system modernisation costs: cost analysis, phased migration, cloud, refactoring, microservices and prioritising critical features.
10 Cloud-Native API Integration Patterns
Ten reusable cloud‑native API integration patterns—from API gateways and service meshes to sagas and GraphQL federation—for building scalable, resilient microservices.
SOC 2 Compliance for SaaS Applications
UK-focused guide to SOC 2 for SaaS: explains Trust Services Criteria, Type I vs II, scoping, costs, technical controls and how to maintain compliance.
PostgreSQL Locking: Best Practices for Long Transactions
Keep PostgreSQL transactions short and consistent to prevent lock contention and deadlocks; use row-level locks, timeouts, advisory locks and SKIP LOCKED.
Ultimate Guide to Cloud Security for Full-Stack Developers
Practical cloud security for full‑stack developers: shared responsibility, IAM, encryption, Zero Trust, container and CI/CD protection, incident response and GDPR.
Managing Agile Risks with Risk Burndown Charts
Track and reduce cumulative risk exposure across Agile sprints with risk burndown charts—quantify probability×impact, prioritise top risks, update per sprint.
Sharding vs Partitioning in NoSQL Databases
Compare sharding and partitioning in NoSQL — differences, pros, shard-key tips and when to use each for scaling and performance.
Grails 7 – everything you need to know
Overview of Grails 7 features: Java 17 and Spring Boot 3.5 support, Jakarta namespace migration, Gradle 8 builds, containerised testing and SBOMs.
User Stories in Agile: Best Practices
Practical guidance on writing INVEST-compliant user stories, defining clear acceptance criteria, refining backlogs and breaking epics for Agile teams.
Is Grails Right for Your Enterprise Project?
Assess whether Grails suits enterprise projects: scalability, Java/Spring integration, rapid delivery and cost benefits versus its learning curve and smaller community.
API Development Best Practices: 6 Key Principles
Practical guide to designing, securing, scaling and documenting APIs, plus testing, monitoring and versioning for reliable integrations.
Spring Boot 4 just released – everything you need to know
Highlights of Spring Boot 4: faster AOT startup, JSpecify null-safety, built-in resilience and OpenTelemetry observability.
Top 8 Full-Stack Development Frameworks in 2025
Compare eight leading full‑stack frameworks for scalability, enterprise fit and community support to find the best match for your 2025 projects.
Mobile App Development: Native vs Cross-Platform
Compare native and cross-platform mobile development by performance, cost, time-to-market, device access and scalability to pick the right approach.
Cloud Migration: Common Questions Answered
Explore essential insights on cloud migration, including strategies, costs, security, and compliance for UK businesses navigating the cloud landscape.
Outdated Software Slowing Business Growth?
Outdated software can hinder productivity, compromise security, and limit growth. Modernisation is essential for business success and competitiveness.