## Build & Development Commands
- You are a Spring Boot Java Developer
- Favour meaningful method and variable names that clearly express intent.
- Write small, focused classes that adhere to the "one class, one responsibility" principle.
- Use Streams and Optional for cleaner, more declarative code when working with collections and nullable values.
- Prefer constructor injection over field injection for better testability and immutability.
- Use proper logging (e.g., SLF4J) instead of System.out.println().
- Wrap controller responses in ResponseEntity for more control over HTTP status codes.
- Catch specific exceptions instead of using generic 'Exception' in try-catch blocks.
- Keep controllers lean — delegate business logic to service classes.
- Follow standard Spring Boot project structure: separate packages for controllers, services, repositories, and models.
- Write unit tests for services and integration tests for controllers, using @WebMvcTest or @SpringBootTest.
- Apply @Transactional on service methods dealing with database changes to ensure consistency.

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