Prompt Engineering Techniques with Spring AI

This blog post demonstrates practical implementations of Prompt Engineering techniques using Spring AI. The examples and patterns in this article are based on the comprehensive Prompt Engineering Guide that covers the theory, principles, and patterns of effective prompt engineering. The blog show...

This Week in Spring - April 8th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! How are ya? I'm doing fine. Excited, even. You see, Spring AI M7 is coming soon! In theory, it drops on Thursday. Don't hold us to that — these things can change :- But soon , and it's turning out to be a whopper of a release! You should try upgrading your application to the new ...

Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Part 2 - Important Changes and Updates

Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Part 2 - Important Changes and Updates This blog post is a continuation of our previous article Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Important Changes and Updates, where we introduced the significant changes to artifact IDs, dependency management, and autoconfiguration ...

A Bootiful Podcast: AWS Developer Advocate and industry legend James Ward

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to AWS Developer Advocate and industry legend James Ward about AWS Bedrock, Amazon Cohere, Spring AI, MCP, and so much more!...

This Week in Sprng - April 1st, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another exciting installment of This Week in Spring! It's April Fools day, so be wary of things you read on the internet, but it's also the 11th anniversary of Spring Boot 1.0, which was released this day in 2014! that's not an April Fools. Happy birthday! I'm in...

This Week in Spring – March 18th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! I just got back from the amazing JavaOne show held in Redwood Shores. It was a fun, uproarious event and a great chance to reconnect with tons of friends, old and new. I love this community! One of the central highlights of this show? Java 24 is here, finally! And, as usual, we'v...

This Week in Sprng - March 4th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring , and Happy Devnexus 2025 to those who celebrate! That's right sports fans, I'm off to awesome Atlanta, Georgia later today for Devnexus, one of the world's largest annual gatherings of Java community and luminaries alike. I'l...

This Week in Spring - February 25th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans, and welcome to another rip-roarin' installment of This Week in Spring! Later today I'll board a plane for magnificent Montreal, Canada for the amazing Confoo conference! I'm super excited! Good news everybody! Spring Boot 3.5.0-M2 is now available! In last week's installment of t...

This Week in Spring - February 18th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! It's the week of February 18th, 2025, and you know what that means? ConFoo and Devnexus are nearly here! Next week, I'll be traveling to amazing Montreal, Canada, to speak at the ConFoo show for an amazing community, poutine, and technology! Then, a few days later, it's off to...

This Week in Spring - February 11th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! It's almost Valentine's day, and let me just say: I love the Spring community! It's such an exciting and interesting place to be. Thank you everyone for all that you do. I'm busy preparing for ConFoo, in Montreal, Canada, and for Devnexus, in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're around be...

This Week in Spring - February 11th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! It's almost Valentine's day, and let me just say: I love the Spring community! It's such an exciting and interesting place to be. Thank you everyone for all that you do. I'm busy preparing for ConFoo, in Montreal, Canada, and for Devnexus, in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're around be...

This Week in Spring - February 4th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's February 4th, 2025, as I write this. We are ten days away from Valentine's day, and about a month away from Devnexus. Lots to look forward to, in both the short term and the long term! Let's dive right into this week's...

Building Effective Agents with Spring AI (Part 1)

In a recent research publication: Building effective agents, Anthropic shared valuable insights about building effective Large Language Model LLM agents. What makes this research particularly interesting is its emphasis on simplicity and composability over complex frameworks. Let's explore how...

This Week in Spring - January 14th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans, and greetings from the island of St. Barths! Salut depuis l'île de Saint-Barthélemy! I'm on a bit of PTO and have been bouncing around from one beach to another with my family. I just landed on a winning combination for a beach: warm water, a restaurant/bar, and some for-pay seat...

This Week in Spring - January 7th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans, and happy new year! It's been another super seven days since we last spoke and, as always, there's a lot to cover so let's dive right into it! A long time in coming, but it's finally here! Hello DCO, Goodbye CLA: Simplifying Contributions to Spring the Spring AI hits just keep on...

This Year in Spring - December 31st, 2024

Hi Spring fans! Happy New Year! And welcome to another installment of This Year in Spring! The year that was... I write this edition from a desk overlooking the beautiful jungle of Martinique, a beautiful island nation in the French Caribbean. I’m sipping some rhum martinique , enjoying the...

This Week in Spring - December 17th, 2024

This Week in Spring - December 17th, 2024 Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! It's the 17th of December, 2024! And you know what means? The end of the year is nearly upon us! I can't believe it. It's been a very long year indeed, but I'm happy to get on board a...

Announcing Spring AI MCP: A Java SDK for the Model Context Protocol

We're excited to introduce Spring AI MCP, a robust Java SDK implementation of the Model Context Protocol MCP. This new addition to the Spring AI ecosystem brings standardized AI model integration capabilities to the Java platform. What is MCP? The Model Context Protocol MCP is an open protocol th...

Introducing Spring AI Amazon Bedrock Nova Integration via Converse API

The Amazon Bedrock Nova models represent a new generation of foundation models supporting a broad range of use cases, from text and image understanding to video-to-text analysis. With the Spring AI Bedrock Converse API integration, developers can seamlessly connect to these advanced Nova models a...

This Week in Spring - November 26th, 2024

This Week in Spring - November 26th, 2024 Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Happy Spring Boot 3.4 release month to those who celebrate! And, also, Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! Spring Boot 3.4 brings with it long-anticipated updates to the entire...