about the authors

Adib Saikali is a software engineer and architect with extensive experience designing and building secure, large-scale distributed systems. He has worked on numerous projects across various industries, helping teams adopt modern security standards and best practices in real-world environments. Adib is passionate about application security and believes that developers play a critical role in building secure systems, which drives his work in mentoring, sharing knowledge, and advocating for practical, developer-friendly security approaches. He can be reached at X (Twitter) handle @asaikali.

Laurențiu Spilcă is a dedicated development lead and trainer at Endava and a Java Champion. He has experience with dozens of projects that used various technologies of the Java ecosystem. Laurențiu believes that it’s important not only to deliver high-quality software but also to share knowledge and help others upskill. This belief drives him to design and teach courses related to Java technologies and deliver presentations and workshops. You can reach him at X (Twitter) handle @laurspilca or on YouTube at handle @laurspilca.