Debugging Java Collections Framework Issues in Production
Outside of the language itself, collections are the most basic building block for Java applications. How do we expose them for debugging?
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JDK 7: An Extended Hello and Farewell
Did you know? Azul continues to provide updates to the Zulu builds of OpenJDK 7 until at least December 2027.
Debugging Gson, Moshi and Jackson JSON Frameworks in Production
Parsing is a major source of production failures. Some are easy to track but some are insidious. Here's how you can debug them on the fly!
Building Project Panama's jextract tool by yourself
Learn about jextract, which can generate Java binding code that represents native functions or variables (symbols) from C libraries.
Publish a Java Project to the Maven Central Repository
Get started and follow along whenever you need to publish a Java Maven-based library or artifact to Maven!
Easy Jakarta EE Integration Testing
How to use Testcontainers for your project to create a stable and solid integration test suite of your Jakarta EE application features.
How To Beautify Your GitHub Repo
Time to spruce up your GitHub! In this article, I want to highlight some files that you can use to beautify your GitHub repository.
Logging Best Practices: MDC, Ingestion, and Scale
Where should you add logs in a method? Should you log in this method? If so what should you include in the log? How to phrase the message?
Use git bisect to Pinpoint a Bug
I had read about git bisect a few times and figured that this time, I would use that tool to find an annoying bug.
Hand Ground Coffee: Command Line Tools for Java
I prefer the command line for my daily work, using the combination of git, sed, grep, bash commands etc. makes recurring tasks easier.