The author is on PTO, enjoying coffee by the water, alternating between coding, learning, and swimming. This week's "This Week in Spring" update is packed with new content. A video provides a comprehensive tour of Spring basics, from beans to Spring Boot. There's a newly discovered Udemy course on Spring AI.An article details building AG-UI with the Java SDK. SivaLabs offers a post on building chat applications with Spring AI. A paywalled article discusses using Spring AI effectively, rather than making raw HTTP requests to models.An Italian-language discussion delves into implementing RAG with Spring AI. A presentation on building with Spring AI and Embabel was also found. The Capstead project, which offers governance and observability for AI capabilities, particularly those built with Spring AI and Spring Boot, is a new discovery.Last week's "A Bootiful Podcast" featured Russ Miles discussing productive AI interactions. Finally, Spring in Action author Craig Walls published a post on persistent chat memory with Spring AI.