The controversy over vibe coding reached a new high this week after a developer added hidden instructions to his open source Java testing app to sabotage projects performed by AI coding agents. The ...

Java developers absolutely must learn Maven. Maven is the most popular and pervasive build tool in the Java world. Even if you don't use Maven directly, alternatives such as Gradle, Jenkins or Ivy ...

So, you want to get better at Java coding? That’s awesome. The thing is, just watching videos or reading books only gets you so far. You really need to get your hands dirty and write some code.

Learn how to use advanced techniques like short-circuiting, parallel execution, virtual threads, and stream gatherers to maximize Java stream performance. My recent Java Stream API tutorial introduced ...

Get started with Java streams, including how to create streams from Java collections, the mechanics of a stream pipeline, examples of functional programming with Java streams, and more. You can think ...

The term "vibe coding" has been flung around a lot on social media these days; It's rapidly joining an army of slop terms that can throw the average pre-Gen Z internet user out of the loop. But what ...

Vibe coding means asking AI to code an app or webpage based on simple language prompts. The practice helps non-programmers create an app without writing a line of code. The four steps to vibe coding ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about shoshin lately, the Japanese word for “beginner’s mind.” I first wrote about it here, after learning the word from a guest on my podcast Fifty Words for Snow. My co-host ...

What if you could write cleaner, faster, and more efficient code without sacrificing creativity or control? With the rise of AI-powered tools, this isn’t just a pipe dream, it’s rapidly becoming the ...