💡Java: Prefer delegation over inheritance; an "is-a" relationship ties you to the superclass forever
✅ A subclass inherits the parent's entire API; a change upstream can break your code
✅ With delegation, you hold a helper object and forward calls; easy to mock
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💡Java: Use Deque instead of Stack for LIFO (last-in, first-out) lists.
✅ Stack is a legacy class, it extends Vector and synchronizes every operation
✅ Deque supports the same push, pop, peek calls
✅ ArrayDeque is faster than Stack
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💡 Java switch expressions: no need to add break, but the compiler makes sure you don't forget a case.
✅ One line per case, returns a value, no break needed
✅ Add a new enum constant without a matching case? Compile error, not a silent bug at runtime
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💡Java: sealed types close the inheritance graph with permits.
✅ Only listed subtypes may extend the sealed class/interface
✅ Each permitted subtype must be final, sealed, or non-sealed
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🚀 Spring Boot: You can implement optimistic locking using the @Version annotation.
✅ Ideal when:
Reads are frequent
Writes are relatively rare
Conflicts are uncommon
❌ Not Ideal when:
Conflicts are frequent
Strict serialization is needed
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💡 Java CompletableFuture: chain async steps without blocking the thread on every I/O call.
✅ Chain: supplyAsync, thenApply, thenCompose, thenAccept (fetch user, then orders) #JavaDev
🚀Spring Cloud: check if a service survives real traffic with Gatling.
✅ Describe a scenario (POST on a /library/book service in the example) and ramp virtual users up over time
✅ Feed randomized data with Faker so every request looks realistic #SpringBoot#JavaDev 🧵
🚀Spring Cloud: Contract testing with Pact. Make sure two services still agree on their API.
✅ The consumer writes down the response it expects and tests against a mock — the real provider doesn't need to be running 🧵
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🚀Spring Cloud: OpenFeign + Circuit Breaker to improve resilience.
✅ @FeignClient calls remote services by name (via Eureka + LoadBalancer)
✅ @CircuitBreaker stops calling a failing service after a threshold #SpringBoot#JavaDev 🧵
💡Java: When possible, avoid returning mutable internal collections from methods, so that:
1) You don't expose internal state, improving security
2) You can change the implementation without breaking other parts #Java#JavaDev
🚀Spring Cloud: Eureka service discovery. Call services by name, not IP.
✅ Each service registers with Eureka on startup
✅ Eureka tracks healthy instances via heartbeats
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