OpenJDK January 2026 Critical Patch Update and Patch Set Update Released
The January 2026 OpenJDK quarterly updates are now (or will soon be) available from various OpenJDK distributors. This quarterly release …
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Command completion (..) in IntelliJ IDEA
Command completion (..) extends regular completion. It lets you discover and use IntelliJ IDEA features without having to remember …
Checked exceptions and lambdas
Java's checked exceptions were a massive improvement over C's error-handling mechanism. As time passed and experience accumulated, we …
The FFM API: How OpenJDK Changed the Game for Native Interactions (And Made Pi4J Better!)
The Pi4J project is a Java library that allows you to control the GPIO pins and electronic components connected to a Raspberry Pi with pure …
The Ultimate 10 Years Java Garbage Collection Guide (2016–2026) - Choosing the Right GC for Every Workload
Memory management remains the primary factor for application performance in enterprise Java environments. Between 2017 and 2025, the …
Pointer Arithmetic in Modern Java
How to perform pointer arithmetic using the Foreign Function & Memory API to achieve zero-GC memory access.
Flaky Tests: a journey to beat them all
“Sleep is not a synchronization primitive.” Every test engineer, eventually What’s a flaky test? A flaky test is a test that sometimes …
BoxLang Dynamic JVM Language Release 1.9.0
BoxLang continues to expand as more customers migrate to it’s dynamic JVM platform.
Java and Jakarta EE and the Evolution of the Cloud with Nanos Unikernel
Nanos shows that cloud-native can exist without adding complexity, and can be secure, faster, lighter, safer, more efficient, and more …
The Real Mechanics of Vulnerabilities in an Upstream/Downstream, Topsy-Turvy EOL World
In this article you’ll learn Why CVEs record that a vulnerability exists, not that a usable fix exists How vulnerabilities are often …