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Flamme in Practice: Can Quarkus Topology Become a Runtime Decision?
A hands-on adoption check of runtime placement and replica behavior, including what happens when a component or the broker fails.
 • Markus Eisele
How to Authorize Stateless MCP Tools with Quarkus
Follow one request through protocol checks, OIDC, OPA, and an argument guardrail before the Java tool method runs.
 • Markus Eisele
Migrate Quarkus Feature Flags to OpenFeature
Keep the existing quarkus-flags API, move one key to flagd, and define safe behavior when the provider is unavailable.
 • Markus Eisele
Before You Build a Company Marketplace for Agent Skills
The public data shows why every company skill needs an owner, a clear home, and somebody who keeps it current.
 • Markus Eisele
Patch a Java Library Method with Quarkus Shim
Build a small Quarkus service, replace one fictional SDK method, and prove the patched and unpatched behavior with tests.
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Stop Counting AI Agents. Start Governing the Jobs.
A practical operating model for agent runtimes, delegated authority, evidence, and accountability across engineering, finance, and HR.
 • Markus Eisele
Build Your First Type-Safe Database Queries with Quarkus Qubit
Create a small REST API and learn how Qubit turns Java lambdas into JPA Criteria queries during the Quarkus build.
 • Markus Eisele
IBM Bob 2.0 with Engram: Persistent Project Memory
Connect Engram's local knowledge graph and MCP server to Bob IDE and `bob`, then use project rules to restore decisions across fresh tasks.
 • Markus Eisele
Stop Duplicate Checkout Work at the HTTP Boundary
A practical Quarkus pattern for safer retries, with the storage, crash, and multi-replica limits made explicit.
 • Markus Eisele
A Smaller Core for Broader AI-Enabled Products
Separate durable business rules from generated workflows so product scope can grow without operational risk growing at the same rate.
 • Markus Eisele
Your First Open Liberty Application with Maven
Start with an empty folder and build, test, hot-reload, and package a small Jakarta REST application with Maven.
 • Markus Eisele
When Gradle Earns Its Place in a Quarkus Build
Compare Maven's predictable lifecycle with Gradle's programmable task graph, build reuse, and maintenance costs before standardizing a Java build tool.
 • Markus Eisele
Faster JVM Startup with Quarkus and Project Leyden
A measured deployment option for teams that need faster container startup while keeping JVM diagnostics, agents, and compatibility.
 • Markus Eisele
AI Wrote the Code. Did It Create Value?
Follow AI-assisted work from adoption and spend through review, production, and rework.
 • Markus Eisele
Progress Users Can Trust for Long-Running Enterprise Jobs
A practical Quarkus architecture that keeps job state durable, survives reconnects and restarts, and exposes operational limits before deployment.
 • Markus Eisele
Quarkus TOTP with Vault: What Production-Ready Step-Up Requires
Separate first-factor login, TOTP verification, and authorization while addressing replay, recovery, Vault policy, and outage behavior.
 • Markus Eisele
Use skillsaw to Lint Bob Skills Before They Drift
Build a small invoice-processing Bob skill, add a reference file, wire CI, and test the behavior locally before the instructions spread across repos.
 • Markus Eisele
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