--- title: How Convenient JPA Defaults Broke Our Kotlin Microservice description: A real-world account of how JPA's convenient default behaviors caused unexpected issues in a Kotlin-based microservice. The post explores how seemingly helpful... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-convenient-jpa-defaults-broke-our-kotlin-microservice-olul2ogkw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Convenient JPA Defaults Broke Our Kotlin Microservice | daily.dev og:description: A real-world account of how JPA's convenient default behaviors caused unexpected issues in a Kotlin-based microservice. 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The post explores how seemingly helpful JPA defaults can lead to subtle bugs or performance problems when used with Kotlin, and what lessons were learned from diagnosing and fixing the problem. ## Content [https://shiftmag.dev/jpa-defaults-kotlin-microservice-9184/](https://shiftmag.dev/jpa-defaults-kotlin-microservice-9184/) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How to Avoid Common Pitfalls With JPA and Kotlin](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-avoid-common-pitfalls-with-jpa-and-kotlin-hgchpvpwb) · Kotlin · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Using Spring Data JDBC With Kotlin](https://daily.dev/posts/using-spring-data-jdbc-with-kotlin-jtkj8jwli) · JetBrains · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin), [#spring-boot](https://daily.dev/tags/spring-boot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-convenient-jpa-defaults-broke-our-kotlin-microservice-olul2ogkw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-convenient-jpa-defaults-broke-our-kotlin-microservice-olul2ogkw","headline":"How Convenient JPA Defaults Broke Our Kotlin Microservice","text":"A real-world account of how JPA's convenient default behaviors caused unexpected issues in a Kotlin-based microservice. 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