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When Learning to Code Becomes a Loop: Why I’m Choosing to Build

There was a period when I felt like I was making progress as a developer.I was watching tutorials. Taking courses. Learning new concepts. Saving resources.

  • Beginners often get stuck in a loop of learning without building.
  • Small, completed projects expose new problems tutorials can't prepare for.
  • The author now focuses on building projects to gain real-world experience.

Stop Killing Your Database with @Transactional in Spring Boot

The 1-minute fix that slashed my API response time by 40%. We all know @Transactional makes database work easy. But are you using it correctly? Here is a mistake I see in 8 out of 10 code reviews: ❌ The Anti-Pattern: @Service public class OrderService { @Transactional public Order placeOrder ( OrderDto dto ) { Order order = new Order ()…

  • Developers mishandle transactions in 80% of code reviews
  • @Transactional doesn't automatically batch queries
  • Refactoring with .saveAll() reduces queries from 51 to 2

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