Hey folks, I was a bit busy last week and forgot to post the digest. Even though the new issue was already prepared. So, here it is:

💾 Beyond SQL: A relational database for modern applications: new database: everything is a transaction, database language like a programming language, and document-relation model - looks interesting.

🧩 Slack’s Migration to a Cellular Architecture: why Slack moved to Cellular Architecture - in a context of infrastructure and availability zones.

🌱 Spring Security for Spring Boot Integration Tests: one of the options to test endpoints when spring security rules are applied (spoiler: @WithMockUser)

🤖 JVM’s Open Source All-Stars, June 2023: LLMs Edition: overview of several Java/Kotlin libraries that are related to language models.

🔒 How does LockModeType.OPTIMISTIC work in JPA and Hibernate: the name says it all - a good post from Java champion on optimistic locks and potential problems.

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