Solid roadmap for 2026 espcially the emphasis on Spring AI and LangChain4j. I've been working with Java microservices on GCP for a while now and one thing that gets overlooked is how crucial understanding cloud-native patterns really is before jumping into containers and Kubernetes. Too many devs try to lift-and-shift monoliths without rethinking stateless design or external config managment. One thing tho — the move to virtual threads (Loom) changes the game for reactive programming. If you're still using traditional threadpools your bottlenecks might dissapear overnight by switching.
Awesome list! I also have a free Langchain4j and Quarkus learning path here: https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/langchain4j-learning-path-java-quarkus-ai
That should be great to mention Quarkus and not only exclusively Spring as Quarkus and Langchain4j are far better today technologies vs aging Spring !
Solid roadmap for 2026 espcially the emphasis on Spring AI and LangChain4j. I've been working with Java microservices on GCP for a while now and one thing that gets overlooked is how crucial understanding cloud-native patterns really is before jumping into containers and Kubernetes. Too many devs try to lift-and-shift monoliths without rethinking stateless design or external config managment. One thing tho — the move to virtual threads (Loom) changes the game for reactive programming. If you're still using traditional threadpools your bottlenecks might dissapear overnight by switching.