Spring AOP - A tiny introduction

Hey there, reader! 👋 I hope you’re feeling good today, because we’re about to dive into Spring AOP — which, at first, might not mean much. I first came across it at work when I was trying to use the @Transactional and @Retryable annotations in Spring, and for some reason… they just weren’t working. So — like any other responsible developer — I rushed to ChatGPT and begged it to explain why the hell those annotations, which worked flawlessly elsewhere, refused to work here. ...

October 12, 2025 Â· 13 min Â· Guilherme Carvalho