Friends of OpenJDK Today

Table of Contents (“In a galaxy far, far away…”)The Myth: “Java is Too Hard for Beginners”Java: The Jedi Order of ProgrammingThe Real Dark Side: The Empire of Bad LearningWhy Java Feels Like the Jedi Code (But Isn’t Hard)Training Like a …

Table of Contents A Brief HistoryWhat Problems Does It Solve?The Disappeared BridgeCross-Platform CompatibilitySeamless Integration for ToolingTech Stack & RequirementsGetting StartedAdd the DependencyConnect and QueryWrite Data BackAccess-Specific FunctionsUber JAR for Non-Maven ProjectsQuality & MaintenanceGet Involved Microsoft Access databases are everywhere. Decades …

Table of Contents Why were caches like Memcached & Redis invented, and why do they thrive?So, what’s wrong with having a caching tier?What’s different with MongoDB?What does AI think?SummaryLearn more about MongoDB design reviews From time to time, I’ll run …

Table of Contents 🧠 Two Categories of Memory📋 Standard Memory TypesSummary Memory — How It Actually Works🔍 Vector Memory TypesHybrid Memory — The Best of Both🏢 Per-Call Multi-Tenant Identity Routing📚 Document Loaders🔗 Building a Complete RAG PipelineStep 1: IngestStep 2: …

Table of Contents The doorman in a hoodieThe shepherdRead the terrainChoose the pathWatch for predatorsTend the flockThe doorman’s dignity The doorman in a hoodie There’s a story Rory Sutherland tells in his book Alchemy. A consultant is hired to find …

Table of Contents Season 2 Starts with Frank DelporteWhat is JCast?Meet the HostsWhat We Talk AboutWhy We Started JCastMore Than Just CodeFrom Season 1 to Season 2Where to ListenFinal Thoughts The Java community thrives on sharing knowledge and experiences. Most …

Table of Contents YouTubePodcast AppsContent Foojay.io, the website for the Friends of OpenJDK, is turning six years old. To celebrate, Frank Delporte headed to JCON in Cologne, Germany, and sat down with twelve members of the Java community to talk …

Table of Contents Rethinking ETL for modern systemsArchitectural building blocksEmbracing concurrency with reactive pipelinesBackpressure: the hidden heroDesigning for failure: error handling strategiesRetry and recovery patternsIdempotency: the cornerstone of safe retriesBatching vs streamingParallelizing transformationsIntegrating with messaging systemsObservability and monitoringPutting it all …

Table of Contents CoreSceneBuilderApplicationsComponents, Libraries, ToolsPodcasts, Videos, BooksConferences, PresentationsMiscellaneousJFX Central Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of April 2026. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one …

Table of Contents 🗺️ The Full Provider Matrix🏗️ The Provider Hierarchy🎯 IAiService — The Trimmed Interface🛡️ The Capability SystemRuntime Capability DetectionQuerying CapabilitiesEnforced at the BIF Level🔧 BaseService — The Transport Layer⚙️ Provider Configuration🔀 Custom Base URLs🏠 Ollama — Local AI, …

Table of Contents Technical RequirementsCreate a New ProjectRun Docker InitA Note on Java 26 Base ImagesBuild and RunAdd a ControllerMore LinksConclusion Docker Init was introduced in Docker Desktop 4.27, before LLMs became the default answer to everything. It’s a “smart” …

Table of Contents Step 1: Add the Ai model and AgentCore memory dependenciesStep 2: Create Short/Long Term in AWS Management ConsoleStep 3: Add the following memory-related properties.Step 4: Add the below MemoryConfig class.Step 5: Create the ChatRequest and ChatResponse classes …