What is SpringWhat is SpringAI is all over the news. Yet, what powers the systems that provide the models and information, and allows access to the AI solutions? For many organizations, the answer is Spring. As the backbone of countless Java enterprise applications, Spring enables the development of robust, testable, and scalable solutions. So, what... Continue Reading →

Null Safety in Spring with JSpecify and NullAwayNull Safety in Spring with JSpecify and NullAwayIn 1965, Tony Hoare invented the null reference—a tiny design decision he later called “the billion-dollar mistake.” Why? Because allowing nulls without requiring developers to declare or handle them explicitly has led to decades of bugs, crashes, and production fires. Java... Continue Reading →

Tales from Production - Debugging LLMs and GenAI Apps on VMware Tanzu PlatformTales from Production - Debugging LLMs and...GenAI is all the rage, but do you have any mileage supporting the platform or infrastructure needed to run intelligent applications in production? Join this session to get real-world insights and stories on running GenAI applications at... Continue Reading →

How to Use HOL Request | Create and Manage Events in VMware Hands-on LabsHow to Use HOL Request | Create and Manage...In this video, we’ll walk you through HOL Request, the VMware Hands-on Labs tool for planning workshops and events. With HOL Request you can: - Create new events in advance - Reserve labs and... Continue Reading →

VCF 9 – How to migrate your Content Library to a different Data Store – driftar'...VCF 9 – How to migrate your Content Library to...I wasn’t aware that you couldn’t migrate your vSphere content library to a different data store. At least not just like you would migrate a virtual machine. It was a feature... Continue Reading →

Cloning Alert Definitions and Enabling in VCF Operations Policies _ brockpeterso...Cloning Alert Definitions and Enabling in VCF...In our last post we discussed adjusting Alert Definition thresholds in VCF Operations Polices, but what if we want to change Alert Definition Wait Cycles? This isn't doable in Policies directly, but rather we have to Clone the existing... Continue Reading →

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Bringing my Homelab to VCF 9.0: The hard way with Brownfield converge. – mb-labs...Bringing my Homelab to VCF 9.0: The hard way...Since I’ve had really good experiences with VCF 9.0 in a nested setup over the last few months, this week I finally got around to upgrading my physical lab to the latest VMware Cloud... Continue Reading →

Kubernetes APIs as the Universal Control Plane: How VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Le...Kubernetes APIs as the Universal Control Plane:...The Kubernetes declarative API model has already transformed the way organizations build and operate modern applications. But in recent years, a clear industry trend has emerged: the same Kubernetes model is being extended beyond containerized workloads into... Continue Reading →

MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Configuring Authentik Identity Provider VMware for Private AI...MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Configuring Authentik...In this blog post, we will walk through the configuration of an Identity Provider (IdP) and create an OIDC Public Application Client, which will be used to grant access to a PAIS deployment. As of this blog post, the... Continue Reading →