A few weeks ago I wrote up the post on the tech I’ve decided to move forward with for my new project. This post is going to cover the collection of features, domain details (i.e. what is the use case, etc), and related project collateral. Instead of just slinging code like many of us programmers... Continue reading →

The content discusses implementing log masking for Personally Identifying Information (PII) in Java Spring Boot applications. It covers creating custom Logback converters with regular expressions, using Log4j2 configuration with properties, and suggests additional logging strategies like AOP, custom annotations, MDC, custom Logback filters, integrating with external logging systems, JSON log format, and custom log levels... Continue reading →

The developer discusses building a GraphQL API against a Mongo database in Java with a Spring stack. Starting with a prerequisite setup in Java 17 and Spring 3, they create a basic “Hello World” app for initialization. The API functionality is expanded by adding configurations for error handling and testing. The process includes adding application... Continue reading →

There are several different approaches for implementing pagination in GraphQL, and specifically with Java Spring Boot. The type of pattern to use depends on numerous factors like the size of the dataset, ordering requirements, and related performance characteristics. This post doesn’t cover the logic or details needed to determine the type of paging to use,... Continue reading →

A popular library used in GraphQL implementations is called DataLoader, and in many ways the name is somewhat descriptive of its purpose. As described in the JavaScript repo for the Node.js implementation for GraphQL “DataLoader is a generic utility to be used as part of your application’s data fetching layer to provide a simplified and... Continue reading →