AI in Java systems
Recommendation engines, retrieval over enterprise data, governed agents and the engineering that keeps AI features in production. Written by people who shipped Recostream.
- AI
MCP vs API: When an MCP Server Belongs in Front of Your Java System
When an MCP server is worth putting in front of a Java system, how to build one with Spring AI, and how to secure it.
- AI
What Is a Recommendation Engine? How It Works and Why Businesses Use It
What a recommendation engine is, how it works in five steps, and how to show recommendations in your industry.
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Netflix Recommendation Algorithm: How Netflix Decides What You Watch
How Netflix builds your home page, from the $1 million Netflix Prize to personalized posters, explained simply.
- AI
Amazon Recommendation System: How Amazon’s Algorithm Picks Your Products
How Amazon decides what to show you, in four simple steps, and what recommendations do for its sales.
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Movie Recommendation System: A Business Guide for Streaming Services
What recommendations do for a streaming service, and how to add them in seven steps, from simple rows to an A/B test.
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How to Build a Recommendation Engine: Retrieval, Ranking and What LLMs Changed
Production recommender systems still run a retrieval and ranking funnel. LLM embeddings, generative recommenders and conversational front ends fit into it at specific stages.
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The Future of Software Engineering in the Age of AI and Vibe Coding
What vibe coding is, where AI-written code holds up in enterprise software, and why demand is moving to senior engineers.
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AI Transformation in 2026: Frontier Models, Real Results and a Checklist
Where frontier AI stands in 2026, why most pilots stall, three projects that paid off and a checklist to start.
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Best AI for Coding: 10 AI Coding Tools for Software Developers in 2026
Ten AI coding tools checked on their own sites in October 2026, what became of the 2023 list, and what METR, DORA and Stack Overflow found about AI and speed.
- Modernization
AI-Assisted Application Modernization for Java: What Works, with the Evidence
What Google, Amazon, Slack and the controlled studies show about AI code migration for Java, what the main tools do, and the guardrails we use on every AI-assisted upgrade.
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