How can you reduce the memory footprint of a Spring Boot application?

To reduce the memory footprint of a Spring Boot application, you should minimize the use of Spring Boot starters. While starters are convenient, they often include many dependencies that may not be required for your specific application. By selectively including only the dependencies you need, you can reduce the memory overhead and improve the startup time of your application. This approach is especially valuable in microservices architectures where memory efficiency is critical.