Hi there 👋

• 🔭 I’m currently working on Open J Proxy
• 🌱 I’m currently learning about capabilities related to database control planes.
• 🤔 I’m looking for help with expanding Open J Proxy reach.
• 💬 Ask me about database control plane' advantages and use cases.
• 📫 How to reach me: LinkedIn profile
• 😄 Pronouns: He/Him
• ⚡ Fun fact: I am a blue belt in BJJ and a little bit obsessed with getting better at it.
• Also creator of:
  • J XA Tester Testkit for deterministic, phase-aware XA fault injection.
  • J API Proxy A small, general-purpose filter chain to intercept operations across a JDBC or Jakarta JMS object graph — including XA resources.
  • durable-flow. A lightweight, database-backed workflow engine for Java.
  • stressar Stress tool for JDBC based setups.
  • file-tx-bridge Library that coordinates file creation participating in XA transactional workflows.

My publications

Name	Contribution Type	Date
Knowledge in Layers: Seeing the Big Picture with OJP’s Simplified Flow Diagrams	Blog post	Oct 5, 2026
The Phantom Connection Crisis: Securing Production From Local Desktop Tools	Blog post	Sep 11, 2026
Breaking the 9 AM Database Curse: Safeguarding Production From Heavy Analytics	Blog post	Sep 10, 2026
Your ETL Pipelines Are Quietly Killing Your Database (And How to Fix It)	Blog post	Sep 09, 2026
Introducing J XA Tester	Blog post	Sep 05, 2026
Meet J API Proxy	Blog post	Sep 01, 2026
Connection Management Under Pressure: An HTAP Benchmark of Open J Proxy, PgBouncer, and HikariCP	Blog post	Aug 11, 2026
Introducing Stressar: A Stress Tool Built for the JDBC World	Blog post	Aug 10, 2026
The Database Death Spiral	Blog post	Jul 1, 2026
When Two Connection Pools Collide: Atomikos 6.0.1, Oracle UCP, and the End of Double Pooling	Blog post	Jun 11, 2026
Can GRASP Help Us Find Better Microservice Boundaries?	Blog post	Jun 6, 2026
Enums Are Not Better Constants	Blog post	Jun 1, 2026
Java Rockstar Career: Senior Java Devs Must Think Beyond Code - #25	Podcast/Video	May 15, 2026
Transparent Statement Caching in Modern JDBC Drivers	Blog post	May 12, 2026
Open J Proxy (OJP): Rethinking JDBC with Smart Connection Management for Quarkus	Podcast/Video	Apr 23, 2026
System.nanoTime() Is Not Wall Clock	Blog post	Apr 18, 2026
HotSpot Is Not “Java”	Blog post	Apr 11, 2026
Why Java Is the Best Language for AI-Assisted Coding	Blog post	Mar 21, 2026
Database-backed saga orchestrator for Java — A Practical Introduction to durable-flow	Blog post	Mar 11, 2026
Most People Misunderstand synchronized in Modern JVMs	Blog post	Feb 27, 2026
A Practical Introduction to gRPC Through a Java Proxy	Blog post	Feb 16, 2026
JDBC Connection Pools in Microservices. Why They Break Down (and What to Do Instead)	Podcast/Video	Jan 29, 2026
Boosting Java App Performance with Open J Proxy	Podcast/Video	Jan 22, 2026
Getting Started with Open J Proxy (OJP)	Article	Jan 15, 2026
The New Age of Relational Database Proxies: A Comprehensive Comparison	Blog post	Jan 06, 2026
Proxy Power Boosting Java App Performance with Open J Proxy	Podcast/Video	Dec 25, 2025
Proxy Power: Boosting Java App Performance with Open J Proxy by Rogerio Robetti	Podcast/Video	Dec 22, 2025
Open J Proxy v0.3.0-beta: The High-Availability, Multinode, Cross-Language Leap Forward	Article	Dec 17, 2025
OJP Integration Tests Explained	Podcast/Video	Dec 08, 2025
Proxy Power: Boosting Java App Performance with Open J Proxy	Podcast/Video	Nov 28, 2025
O Poder do Proxy: Impulsionando a Performance de Aplicações Java com Open J Proxy	Podcast/Video	Nov 27, 2025
Proxy Power: Boosting Java App Performance with Open J Proxy	Podcast/Video	Nov 21, 2025
The Distributed Monolith Trap: Why Many Microservices Still Share a Database — and How OJP Helps	Blog post	Nov 10, 2025
Open J Proxy Cluster in Action — High Availability You Can See	Podcast/Video	Nov 08, 2025
Open J Proxy 0.2.0 Beta — Bringing Freedom, Control, and Intelligence to Database Connections	Article	Oct 29, 2025
Pushing the Limits: OJP Under Heavy Load	Blog post	Oct 15, 2025
The Slow Query Segregation Strategy: Keep Your Fast Operations Fast (and Your Slow Ones Under Control)	Blog post	Sep 28, 2025
Open J Proxy (OJP) 0.1.1-beta: Databases Deserve a Bodyguard	Article	Sep 15, 2025
O Poder do Proxy: Impulsione a Performance em Java com o Open JDBC Proxy	Podcast/Video	Aug 30, 2025
Open J Proxy (OJP) – Origins	Article	Aug 11, 2025
Encouraging Performance Gains with OJP: Rethinking JDBC Connection Management	Blog post	Jun 25, 2025
OJP: The Database Proxy Java Developers Have Been Waiting For	Blog post	Jun 08, 2025
Open J Proxy	Cool project	Jan 28, 2025
Design Pattern Proposal for Autoscaling Stateful Systems	Article	Jan 25, 2023