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Spring Boot + Docker: Dockerizing Java Spring Boot Apps

By Ayush Shrivastava. Updated Fri May 09 2025

Docker has changed the way we build, run, and scale applications.

It lets you package your app with everything it needs, so it runs the same everywhere, on your computer, on someone else’s, or on a server.

Docker is one of the most popular tools for this. It helps keep things consistent and avoids the “it works on my machine” problem.

Spring Boot + Docker: Dockerizing Java Spring Boot Apps

In this blog, we will see how to containerize a Spring Boot application using Docker, step by step. By the end, you’ll be able to run your Spring Boot app inside a Docker container and deploy it seamlessly.

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Rust Error Handling: 80 / 20 Guide

By Ugochukwu Chizaram Omumusinachi. Updated Fri May 09 2025
Rust Error Handling: 80 / 20 Guide

Rust is known for safety, performance, and a robust error-handling system. It's one of Rust's greatest strengths, even though it might seem challenging at first.

Top 5 Rust Frameworks (2025)

By Solomon Eseme. Updated Wed Apr 30 2025
Top 5 Rust Frameworks (2025)

Rust has a growing framework ecosystem that makes it easier to build web applications, APIs, and backend systems efficiently. This article will explore the top 5 Rust frameworks to learn in 2025 based on popularity, community support, GitHub stars, and real-world usage.

Why Rust is the most Readable Language.

By Ugochukwu Chizaram Omumusinachi. Updated Sun Apr 20 2025
Why Rust is the most Readable Language.

Ever tried contributing to an open-source project or even worked on a large code base with neck-breaking documentation? If you have done any of these, you would at least know the benefits of a readable language.

Understanding From and Into Traits in Rust

By Ugochukwu Chizaram Omumusinachi. Updated Thu Apr 24 2025
Understanding From and Into Traits in Rust

If you have worked with Rust for any amount of time, you've encountered situations where you need to transform one type into another. This is where Rust's From and Into traits come in — they're some of the most elegant parts of Rust's type system.

Logging the right way : A comprehensive approach

By Ibukun oluwaseyi. Updated Sun Apr 06 2025
Logging the right way : A comprehensive approach

This article covers the significance and advantages of logging, an essential checklist for logging best practices, the minimum data required for logs, and an overview of different types of logs, along with their formats.

Building a Validator System in Rust

By Ugochukwu Chizaram Omumusinachi. Updated Wed Apr 09 2025
Building a Validator System in Rust

In this article, we'll explore how to build a type-safe and flexible validator system in Rust, taking cues from DRF's elegant design. We'll start with a basic structure and progressively enhance it to create a more practical and feature-rich solution.

Are async blocks dead? Introducing async closures (rust 1.85)

By Ugochukwu Chizaram Omumusinachi. Updated Wed Mar 12 2025
Are async blocks dead? Introducing  async closures (rust 1.85)

We just saw the official release of Rust's 1.85 version, and a lot of wow changes came with it, one of them being async closures. This new feature has caused a lively debate in the Rust community: Are async blocks, a staple of Rust’s async ecosystem, now obsolete? Are they useless?

Designing a Food Menu App in Python

By Emmanuel Ogbiyoyo. Updated Sat Mar 01 2025
Designing a Food Menu App in Python

This article provides a detailed guide on designing such a system using a relational database model. We’ll explore the relationships between products, modifiers, and modifier groups and demonstrate how to implement this design using SQLAlchemy and SQLModel, two powerful Python libraries for database management.

3 Powerful Features in Rust's Reqwest Library

By Ugochukwu Chizaram Omumusinachi. Updated Sat Feb 22 2025
3 Powerful Features in Rust's Reqwest Library

This crate is widely used to make HTTP requests in Rust, and in this article we will discuss three impressive additions in this crate, namely: JSON handling, multipart forms, and streaming capabilities

Asynchronous Recursion In rust

By Ugochukwu Chizaram Omumusinachi. Updated Fri Feb 21 2025
Asynchronous Recursion In rust

However, unlike in languages like Python or JavaScript, building recursive functions can be more challenging due to Rust’s strict memory safety guarantees. This is even more apparent when trying to make recursion asynchronous.

Spring Core vs. Spring Boot: Everything You Need to Know

By Ayush Shrivastava. Updated Thu Jan 16 2025
Spring Core vs. Spring Boot: Everything You Need to Know

Spring Core and Spring Boot are key components of the Spring Framework. While Spring Core provides the foundational tools for Java application development, Spring Boot simplifies the process by offering pre-configured setups. Understanding their differences helps developers choose the right tool for building efficient, scalable, and modern applications.