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@foojay.ioApple's new iOS look shouldn't force your redesign schedule. Shai Almog ( @codename-one.bsky.social ) explains how Codename One lets you pick Xcode 27 and the iOS 27 theme separately, so you decide when to adopt them.
@foojay.ioNew on Foojay: Tim Kelly explains how an agent can get a free MongoDB Atlas Ephemeral Cluster with one API call and build a job tracker SaaS. Claim it only if the prototype is worth keeping.
@foojay.ioTed Kupolov explains how to monitor a few Spring Boot apps on a small VPS without Prometheus and Grafana. StatLite reads Actuator data and shows health, errors, latency and restarts. One Go binary with SQLite.
@foojay.ioNew on Foojay: Nicolas Frankel @frankel.ch explains the bot protection levels he met while scraping genealogy sites, from curl options to Anubis, Cloudflare and headed browsers. Scrape responsibly.
@foojay.ioDominika Tasarz @payaracommunity.bsky.social explains the October 2026 @azulsystems.bsky.social Payara release: three security fixes across all branches and SSH nodes without elevated permissions.
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@foojay.ioNew on Foojay: Somil Garg adds semantic search to a Spring Boot job portal and tests whether two embeddings per job beat one. His eval harness produced one surprising number.
@foojay.ioSweety717 explains building CodeGuard AI, a self-hosted GitHub PR reviewer with Java and Spring Boot. The LLM call is the easy part. The real work is the context and findings around it.
https://foojay.io/today/what-i-learned-building-an-ai-code-reviewer-with-java-spring-boot/
@foojay.ioError Prone catches bugs at compile time, not in code review or production. @hakdogan.bsky.social explains how this Google-built tool runs inside javac to spot patterns that compile but are likely wrong - like YYYY vs yyyy in date formats.
@foojay.ioTesting #JakartaEE apps means balancing speed vs reality. Dominika Tasarz @payaracommunity.bsky.social shows how WeldInitiator, Arquillian, and Testcontainers each solve different testing problems. From fast CDI unit tests to full container deployments.
@foojay.ioOpen discussion about a JBake fork is here: github.com/jbake-org/jb...
@foojay.ioMauro Mura shows how multi-agent systems can negotiate effectively without relying on LLMs. Sometimes simpler approaches work better than complex AI models.
@foojay.ioFoojay is now a media partner for OCX27 and jChampions Conference 2027! @frankdelporte.be shares the news and what this means for the Java community.
@foojay.ioThinking about moving away from WordPress? Andy Damevin breaks down why it might be time to consider alternatives and what options are out there.
@foojay.ioShai Almog explains the thought process behind creating yet another Java server - sometimes you need to build something new to solve specific problems that existing solutions don't address.
Read more: foojay.io/today/why-an...
@foojay.ioNew article by @lmajano.bsky.social on cbGenesis - an AI-native starter template for BoxLang built on ColdBox. Learn how AI integration is coming to the CFML ecosystem.
@foojay.ioNew on Foojay: @maksdan.bsky.social shows you how to create, test, and install agent skills step by step.
@jfxcentral.comReposted by @foojay.ioA bit late, but here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links on October 9.
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Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!
@foojay.ioNew on Foojay: try.boxlang.io now lets you test any BoxLang version, with or without CFML compatibility. Perfect for developers who want to experiment before committing. By Luis Majano.
Check it out: foojay.io/today/trybox...
@foojay.ioNew post on Foojay: Jenesis lets you turn your existing build scripts into actual build tools. No need to rewrite everything from scratch. By Rafael Winterhalter.
Check it out: foojay.io/today/introd...
