Explore the journey of building gdocweb: a developer's insight into choosing Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, and navigating tech stack challenges.

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Explore the journey of building gdocweb, a tool that connects Google Docs to GitHub Pages. The author chose Java 21 and Spring Boot 3.x for the project due to their innovation and maturity. Although initially interested in GraalVM, the author abandoned it due to compatibility issues. Deployment was done using a VPS with Docker Compose, and Thymeleaf was chosen for the front-end development.

Building gdocweb with Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x and Beyond

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