Konstantin Pavlov

The article discusses the importance of updating dependencies within software projects to maintain security, compatibility, and feature access, particularly in large organizations where outdated dependencies can lead to significant technical debt. It outlines strategies for dependency management to mitigate risks and enhance efficiency.

This post discusses Spring Boot Starters and their importance to developers, who want to make the setup and configuration of Spring Boot applications a whole lot easier. It keeps dependencies organized, increases development speed, and grants you numerous options for customization and extension. This basically makes them indispensable in building all manner of applications with Spring Boot - from simple web applications to data access and security services. I showcase, with a practical example, how to create a custom Spring Boot Starter that consolidates logging configurations and standard dependencies across microservices. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to create and use a custom starter.

Kotlin Playground is HTML component which creates Kotlin-aware editors capable of running code from HTML block elements. Here I explain how to embed runnable Kotlin code block in your Hugo-powered blog.