Welcome to my blog, a place where I share personal insights, deep-dive articles, and hands-on lessons in Java, software architecture, and modern development practices.

Here you will find my own thoughts and experiences as a developer, alongside practical guides on Java performance, JVM internals, design patterns, and scalable system architecture.

Whether you're a backend engineer, software architect or just passionate about clean code and high perf applications, this blog tries to offer unique perspectives and real-world knowledge to help you grow as a developer.


Here is a list of my latest articles:

When mocks break the build

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You’re running your Maven build, all your tests pass successfully, but suddenly the build fails with a cryptic error in the forked process. This article explores a frustrating edge case where mocked exceptions break the test reporting phase, causing builds to fail despite passing tests.
Java JIT optimizations - Inline

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Inlining is one of the most aggressive and rewarding optimizations performed by the HotSpot JIT compiler. It replaces a method call with the actual body of the method called, eliminating dispatch overhead and enabling further optimizations. But not all method calls are inlined, and understanding why requires diving deep into how the compiler makes these decisions.
The curious case of byte as int in Java InputStreams

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Why does InputStream.read() returns an int instead of a byte in Java? It’s a small detail that sometimes puzzles developers, especially those new to Java’s I/O API. In this article, we break down the reasoning behind this design choice and explain why it actually makes the Java API more robust and developer friendly.
5 Java coding beginner tips

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In this article I am trying to touch on just a few pointers that I feel will help Java beginner programmers to smooth their code writing abilities and to become a proficient coder faster.
Legacy code — keep your sanity

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In this article, I am not trying to provide any technical tips for handling an old project. It aims to offer a few ideas to follow if you want to keep your sanity while being assigned a legacy project. We are going to take a look at what roughly makes up a legacy and try to find why it may not be as bad as it looks at the first glance.
A software developer mentor’s advice to mentees

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As a software developer, there is a high possibility of finding yourself in a mentoring relationship. Whether it is a formal or informal one, mentorship might be overwhelming especially if it is the first one you are engaged in. In this article, I am trying to give some pointers on easily navigating this experience and getting as much as possible from it.