toString() can be implemented on Java types to return a human-readable textual representation useful for debugging, but should it also be used to return a portable string suitable for serialization and persistence?

I was experimenting with building a container image for my Spring Boot application (Spring Boot version 3.5.7, Java version 25). And I was wondering which approach would be better: use the Maven plugin with spring-boot:build-image to build the image, or use a custom Dockerfile with jlink.

During COVID-19, I built a platform using Java, AWS DynamoDB to play a popular board game called “Great Western Trail” online with friends.