Java Bean Bag

🐱 Tomcat vs ⚡ Netty – Which One Should You Use? So recently I got curious about this too 🤔. Everywhere in Spring Boot tutorials we see Tomcat . Then suddenly while exploring Spring WebFlux , the name Netty pops up. And I was like – “Wait, who’s this Netty guy trying to replace Tomcat?” 😅 Let’s break it down with real-time examples , icons , and fun comparisons . 🐱 Tomcat – The Traditional Web Server Type: Servlet Container (blocking I/O) World: Used with Spring MVC Style: Thread-per-request model 👩‍💻 Pros: Stable, widely used, battle-tested Cons: Struggles with huge concurrent connections 👉 Example in real life: Tomcat is like a restaurant with fixed waiters 🍴. - Each customer = one thread/waiter - If too many customers come in at once → waiters run out → customers wait outside 🚪 ⚡ Netty – The Reactive Rockstar Type: Asynchronous Event-Driven Network Framework World: Default for Spring WebFlux Style: Event-lo...