OpenShift 4 has introduced official support for service mesh based on the Istio framework. This support is built on top of Maistra operator. Maistra is an opinionated distribution of Istio…
Intro to OpenShift Service Mesh
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Java, Spring, Kotlin, microservices, Kubernetes, containers
Development on Kubernetes: Choose a platform
An important step before you begin the implementation of microservices is to choose the Kubernetes cluster for development. In this article, I’m going to describe several available solutions. You can…
Guide to building Spring Boot library
In this article, I'm going to show you how to create and share your own custom Spring Boot library. If you decide to build such a product you should follow…
Development on Kubernetes: IDE & Tools
An important step before you begin the implementation of microservices is to configure your development IDE and install a set of tools that simplifies integration with Kubernetes. In this article,…
An Advanced Guide to GraphQL with Spring Boot
In this guide I’m going to discuss some more advanced topics related to GraphQL and databases, like filtering or relationship fetching. Of course, before proceeding to the more advanced issues…
Kotlin Coroutines vs Java Threads
There are probably many articles about Kotlin’s coroutines online. That’s why I would like to focus just on showing you the difference between concept over coroutines and threads - a…
Distributed Transactions in Microservices with Spring Boot
When I'm talking about microservices with other people they are often asking me about an approach to distributed transactions. My advice is always the same - try to completely avoid…
Development on Kubernetes with Okteto and Spring Boot
Okteto Platform seems to be an interesting alternative to the other more popular tools that simplify development on Kubernetes. In comparison to the tools like Skaffold or Draft, the idea…
Spring Boot Library for integration with Istio
In this article I'm going to present an annotation-based Spring Boot library for integration with Istio. The Spring Boot Istio library provides auto-configuration, so you don't have to do anything…
Simplify development on Kubernetes with Dekorate, Skaffold and Spring Boot
Although Kubernetes is a great solution for managing containerized applications, scaling, and automating deployment, a local development on it may be a painful experience. A typical workflow includes several steps…