Resources

Developer Resources

Curated books, articles, and tools that I personally use and recommend. No affiliate fluff — just the good stuff.

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Java

Effective Java

Book

Best practices for the Java platform by Joshua Bloch

Java Documentation

Article

Official Java SE documentation

Baeldung Java Guides

Article

In-depth tutorials on Java and Spring
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Spring Boot

Spring Boot Reference

Article

Official Spring Boot reference documentation

Spring Guides

Article

Getting-started guides for Spring ecosystem
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Architecture

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Book

The bible for distributed systems by Martin Kleppmann

Clean Architecture

Book

A craftsman's guide to software structure by Robert C. Martin
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Kafka

Apache Kafka Documentation

Article

Official Kafka documentation and quickstart

Kafka: The Definitive Guide

Book

Real-time data and stream processing at scale
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Security

OWASP Top 10

Article

Top 10 critical security risks for web applications

Spring Security Reference

Article

Official Spring Security documentation
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AI Engineering

Spring AI Documentation

Article

Building AI-powered applications with Spring

LangChain4j Docs

Article

Supercharge your Java app with the power of LLMs

Model Context Protocol

Article

Open protocol for AI model context integration
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Tools

IntelliJ IDEA

Tool

The leading Java IDE for productive development

Docker

Tool

Container platform for consistent dev environments
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Books

The Pragmatic Programmer

Book

Your journey to mastery — timeless software wisdom

Release It!

Book

Design and deploy production-ready software

More resources are added regularly. Check the blog for deep-dives into each topic.