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Table of Contents Concurrency in data enrichmentMachine concurrency Human concurrencySchema design patternsBest practicesPlan for concurrencyUse a separate collection for pessimistic lockingAdd an auto-save to your application when humans and locks are involvedRelease the lock app-side on logout Anti-patternsUsing separate (temporary) collections to …

Two weeks have passed and a lot have been happening on the field of artificial-intelligence. Two weeks have passed and a lot has been silently yet visibly happening in the field of artificial intelligence. This newsletter brings interesting developments, including …

Table of Contents Getting StartedOption 1: BVM — BoxLang Version ManagerOption 2: Quick Installer — Zero Friction SetupAlways Up to DateReady to Try It? We’re excited to announce the official BoxLang Homebrew tap — the easiest way to get BoxLang …

Table of Contents JEP 500: Prepare to Make Final Mean FinalJEP 504: Remove the Applet APIJEP 516: Ahead-of-Time Object Caching with Any GCJEP 517: HTTP/3 for the HTTP Client APIJEP 522: G1 GC: Improve Throughput by Reducing SynchronizationUUIDv7 supportFeatures coming …

Table of Contents What is Jakarta Agentic AI?What we discussed in the sessionWhy this matters for the Jakarta ecosystemWatch the recording and get involved Last week, Eclipse Foundation and Payara hosted Jakarta Agentic AI, An Open Conversation, an open house …

Table of Contents YouTubePodcast AppsGuestsLinksContent In this Foojay Podcast, we’re celebrating a major milestone in Java development history: 25 years of IntelliJ IDEA. Think about it: IntelliJ IDEA launched in 2000, and since then, it has become the go-to IDE …

Table of Contents ApplicationsComponents, Libraries, ToolsPodcasts, Videos, BooksTutorialsMiscellaneousJFX Central Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of February 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 of …

Table of Contents PrerequisitesSearch service designSearch service interfaceReturned resultsSearch service implementationGETting the search resultsAggregation pipeline behind the scenes$search in codeField projectionAggregating and respondingTaking it to productionFuture roadmapConclusion We need to code our way from the search box to our search …

Table of Contents Java 25 – Compact Source Files and Instance Main Methods (JEP 512)Java 25 – Flexible Constructor Bodies (JEP 513)30 Years of Pokémon. Decades of Java Evolution.LinksLinks Happy 30th Anniversary to Pokémon! 🎉 February 27, 2026 marks exactly …

Table of Contents What’s the risk?Who is AffectedThe FixHow to VerifyRecommendation A recent update to Apache Tomcat introduced a subtle but significant change to how TLS cipher suites are configured. If your Spring Boot application explicitly configures TLS ciphers, particularly …

Table of Contents How I used Claude Sonnet 4.6 and fleets of GitHub Copilot Coding Agents to internationalize java.evolved — from spec to deploymentThe Architecture Decision: Let the AI Draft the SpecPhase 1: Building the InfrastructurePhase 2: The First Translations …

The software development industry is more competitive than ever. Being a strong technical expert is essential, but on its own it is often not enough to grow your career or open new opportunities. In this short, practical talk DIY Technical …