Stop the Traffic Jam: Handling Blocking Calls in Spring Boot WebFlux

Learn how to handle blocking calls in a non-blocking Spring Boot app using Project Reactor. Master the publishOn and subscribeOn operators with Java 21 examples. Stop the Traffic Jam: Handling Blocking Calls in Spring Boot WebFlux Imagine you’re at a high-end fast-food joint. The cashier (our Event Loop ) is lightning-fast at taking orders. They don’t wait for the burger to cook; they just take the order, hand you a buzzer, and move to the next person. This is how Spring Boot WebFlux stays so fa