Hello Community Members, 1. I am based in Chicago, IL (USA) and work as a Java Engineer with over 2 years of experience primarily in backend development, along with some exposure to frontend technologies. 2. I have been seeking a knowledgeable and collaborative community to continue learning and growing, and this group strongly aligns with those goals. Brother Nelson Djalo’s commitment and dedication were a key inspiration for me to join and engage with this community. 3. I joined the Skool platform last year, and this is my first active community group. I look forward to participating meaningfully, learning from experienced members, and contributing where possible. Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this community.

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Hey Nelson! 👋 I'm a big fan of your Java Master Class and wanted to suggest a tutorial that would be incredibly valuable: A comprehensive Apache Kafka course. Why This Matters Kafka is essential for modern backend development, but there's a lack of practical, end-to-end tutorials in your signature hands-on style. Most developers struggle with production-ready Kafka implementations. What to Cover Core Topics: - Kafka Admin - Setup, topic management, configurations - Producers - Publishing events, serialization, error handling - Consumers - Consumer groups, offset management, rebalancing - Data Model - Event design, partitioning strategies, schema evolution - Kafka Streams - Stream processing, transformations, aggregations Real-World Project: Build an e-commerce order processing system showing all components working together with proper error handling and monitoring. 👍 If you find this useful, smash the like button to notify Nelson and help make this tutorial happen! @Nelson Djalo

Am privileged to be part of this wonderful community I believe am going to learn a lot

Hi everyone, Hope you're having a productive week. I'm currently following the Spring Boot for Beginners course and running into a persistent issue while trying to integrate Spring AI (OpenAI starter). My project is using the Spring Boot 4.0.0 parent POM. When I add the required dependency (spring-ai-openai-spring-boot-starter), I get the following error during my Maven build: Dependency 'org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-openai-spring-boot-starter:' not found I've checked the official documentation, which states: "Spring AI supports Spring Boot 3.4.x and 3.5.x." My Questions to the Community are : 1. Has anyone successfully managed to integrate Spring AI into a project using the Spring Boot 4.0.0 ? If so, what specific Spring AI BOM version did you use, and did you need any custom repository configuration? 2. Since Spring AI officially only supports the 3.x line, is the general consensus that I should downgrade my project's parent POM to Spring Boot 3.5.0 to ensure dependency resolution and stability? Any advice or confirmation from someone who has navigated this version conflict would be greatly appreciated 🙏 Thank you