Recently, I faced a problem in an application where it was taking too long to run its tests. After checking the reasons, I found out that the embedded Kafka provided by Spring was consuming too much memory, making it hard for the GC to free up space to allow all the remaining tests to execute.

Destructuring is a programming concept that entails breaking down a complex data structure into its individual components and assigning these components to individual variables directly in a single statement.

API development is a crucial part of modern software development. Designing clear, robust, and easy-to-use APIs not only optimizes the development process but also enhances the developer experience. Various methodologies exist for API creation, the two significant approaches are the Contract-First and Code-First methods. This article explores these two approaches in depth.

CAP theorem is a fundamental principle in distributed database systems that states only two out of the three: consistency, availability, and partition tolerance, can be achieved at any given time.

In my current project, we use Kubernetes massively and with that, I needed to perform tests more than once to verify that my deployment file was correct. Although there are environments that I could use to test, I decided to use minikube, in order to carry out tests locally and not risk impacting other users/applications.