Jurassic JDK: Migrate or Extinct
Table of Contents Why Are We Still Here? 👀The Mistake Everyone Makes: The Big JumpStep 1: Read Your Codebase Before You Touch Anything 🔍Step 2: The Tools That Actually Help (and the Ones That Gaslight You)OpenRewrite ✅jdeprscan ✅Maven Enforcer Plugin ...
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Quarkus Unpacked: Insights from the Foojay Podcast
Table of Contents What is Quarkus?How does Quarkus compare to Spring, Micronaut, or other frameworks?Is Quarkus more modern because it is newer?Does Quarkus replace the JVM?What is Quarkus live reload?How does build-time optimization work?How does this differ from JIT and …
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Your TLS Stack Is Lying to You About Zero-Copy
Table of Contents The “No Waste Compute” ConstraintThe Impedance Mismatch in Memory OwnershipThe Netty QuestionExplicit State and FFMWhat the Exploratory Benchmarks ProveThe GC Layer and the True Cost of AbstractionsWhere SSLEngine Still WinsWhat I Changed, and What I Gave UpThe …
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BoxLang v1.13.0: Compatibility, Concurrency, and Formatter Maturity
Table of Contents New FeaturesCharacter-Aware Trimming — trim(), ltrim(), rtrim()getClassMetadata() by Absolute PathSystemExecute() Environment ControlsThe BoxLang Formatter Goes Production-ReadyAsync & Concurrency HardeningMiniServer: Security & ReliabilityCompatibility WinsChangelog Highlights BoxLang 1.13.0 is a stability-first release with deep compatibility work and runtime hardening. …
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AWS Nitro and CPU Graviton Meets Unikernels
Table of Contents From Virtual Machines and Containers to UnikernelsProof of Concept OverviewReproducibility and ArtifactsLocal Build and Image CreationInstance Creation on AWSPoC EnvironmentArchitectural Diagram of the PoCContainers vs Unikernels: A Stack ComparisonContainer StackUnikernel StackQuarkus, Semeru, and Nanos on AWS Nitro …
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Thread-Safe Native Memory in Java: VarHandle Access Modes Explained
Table of Contents What is Memory Order and Why Does It Matter for Native Memory?Why do you need all of this?Testing it using JCStressPlain Access (Get/Set)Opaque AccessAcquire/ReleaseVolatileTL;DRConclusionBonus: Word TearingWhat is Memory Order and Why Does It Matter for Native Memory? …
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TestBox 7: Real-Time Feedback, a Browser-Based IDE, and Modern Testing Workflows on the JVM
Table of Contents Keyboard ShortcutsStreaming Test Execution via SSEDry Run & Spec DiscoveryBoxLang CLI Runner — New Power OptionsOther Notable ImprovementsTestBox CLI Updates (v1.8.0)Upgrade Now TestBox 7.x focuses on improving testing workflows for BoxLang and CFML applications. This release introduces …
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Managing Native Memory in Java: Arenas, Malloc, and Custom Pools
Table of Contents What is the Memory APIArenasUsing ArenasCreating your own arenaNative Memory allocation methodsUsing Malloc and FreePool of reusable memoryWhy you would use themHow to use a memory poolSlicingHow to use themTL;DRConclusionWhat is the Memory API The Foreign Function …
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How is Leyden improving Java Performance? Part 3 of 3
Table of Contents What is inside the Ahead of Time Cache?JVM MetadataJVM Profile and Linkage DataJVM Code and Code Management DataLeyden Training DataHow Do I Know Leyden Is Helping?Training the applicationAnalyzing the CacheAre we training the right thing?Did we load …
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How is Leyden improving Java Performance? Part 2 of 3
Table of Contents How to use an AOT CacheHow to properly execute the Training Run?Should I start using AOT Cache in Java already?Heavy Mathematical ExampleSimple REST APIIn part 1 of this series of 3 blog posts we introduced the specific …