All Posts — Digital Sanctuary

Forget the perfect prompt - mastering context management is the real secret to productive AI-assisted development.

Software Development AI

Devon

March 27, 2025 2 min read

Managing Home and Work GitHub Accounts from the Same Machine

Keep your personal and work GitHub identities separate with SSH config tricks that route keys automatically.

Software Development Tools

Devon

November 22, 2024 3 min read

Updates to 10MinuteMail: Mobile-Friendly and Faster

10MinuteMail is faster and mobile-friendly now - a complete overhaul to match modern web standards.

10MinuteMail Web Development

Devon

October 24, 2024 3 min read

Stop Bots for Free with Cloudflare Turnstile in your Spring Boot App

My first Maven Central library: Free Cloudflare Turnstile integration for Spring Boot with zero CAPTCHA friction.

Software Development Spring Boot Cloudflare Security

Devon

August 9, 2024 3 min read

Easy AI Powered Translation For Your Java App!

AI-powered translation keeps your Java message bundles in sync across languages without manual translation work.

Software Development Java AI

Devon

June 10, 2024 5 min read

Productivity Pitfalls of Prolific Project Placements

Working 50% on two projects rarely means 50% productivity each - the hidden costs of context-switching compound fast.

Productivity

Devon

March 10, 2024 3 min read

Cloudflare Workers User Management and Session Framework

Stateful sessions on Cloudflare Workers beat JWT sprawl when your admin needs context and data persistence.

DevOps & Infrastructure Cloudflare

Devon

January 17, 2024 9 min read

How Does Cloudflare Workers Compare to AWS Lambda?

Cloudflare Workers beat Lambda on latency, cold starts, and pricing - I'm migrating production apps to the edge.

DevOps & Infrastructure Cloudflare AWS

Devon

November 13, 2023 3 min read

Introducing the New and Improved Spring User Framework

Spring User Framework gets a major upgrade two years later with new features and flexible architecture.

Software Development Spring Boot

Devon

November 2, 2023 4 min read

Bedrock API Authentication Made Me Quit My Project

Explore AWS Bedrock API, a direct competitor to OpenAI with Generative AI LLMaaS, and the implications of its Signature v4 authentication method. This article delves into the complexities and potential developer challenges posed by AWS's security-focused approach, highlighting the importance of simplicity and documentation in developer adoption.

Software Development AWS AI

Devon

May 31, 2023 3 min read

Simple Wufoo Style Form Handling Using AWS

Build your own Wufoo with TypeScript and AWS - serverless forms that store data and send alerts automatically.

DevOps & Infrastructure AWS

Devon

March 29, 2023 3 min read

How to get SpringBoot LiveReload Working over HTTPS

HTTPS breaks LiveReload in Spring Boot - here's the WebSocket fix to keep hot reloads working over secure connections.

Software Development Spring Boot

Devon

March 21, 2023 6 min read

SpringBoot DevTools Auto Restart and Live Reload

Spring Boot DevTools auto-restarts your app and reloads the browser - speeds up dev cycles significantly.

Software Development Spring Boot

Devon

March 19, 2023 1 min read

Broken Site - Sorry

Migration from Avada theme left many pages broken - fixes coming as the rebuild continues.

Life & Personal

Devon

January 28, 2023 4 min read

Migrating 10MinuteMail from Java to GraalVM Native

GraalVM Native compilation cuts 10MinuteMail startup time and memory footprint from Java baseline.

10MinuteMail Java GraalVM

Devon

September 18, 2022 3 min read

Micronaut, GraalVM, Native, AWS Lambda, and Apple Silicon M1!

I have run into some issues getting Micronaut, GraalVM, and Native builds working correctly on my Apple Silicon M1 Max based MacBookPro. So I wanted to share what I've needed to do to get things working correctly.

Software Development AWS GraalVM macOS