The Java in Education Catalog Now Has a Beautiful Home
Table of Contents Inspired by a Great Idea from James WardMeet education.foojay.socialThe Catalog Is Only as Good as the Community Makes ItWhat's Next A few weeks ago, Igor De Souza shared Bringing Java Closer to Education: A Community-Driven Initiative here ...
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Does Language Still Matter in the Age of AI? Yes — But the Tradeoff Has Changed
Table of Contents The Bottleneck Has MovedAI Produces Code Faster Than Teams Can Review ItWhy Verbose Languages Are Making a ComebackBoilerplate Is Now SignalThe research backs this upWhat this means in practiceThe Other Half: Runtime PerformanceThe benchmarks tell the storyWhere …
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How We Built a Java AI Agent by Connecting the Dots the Ecosystem Already Had
Table of Contents What does an AI agent need?Spring AI: the LLM layerSpring Events: instant multi-channel supportJobRunr: the piece nobody thinks aboutSpring Modulith: keeping it extensibleWhat ClawRunr can do todayTry it Everyone assumes you need Python to build AI agents. …
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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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JavaScript (No, Not That One): Modern Automation with Java
Table of Contents The Scripting DilemmaThe Death of Manual CompilationSingle-File ExecutionMulti-File SupportWhy so much ceremony?The Java EvolutionEasier console interactionJava as a Native Script: Shebang SupportAdvanced Automation with JBangWhat is JBang?Dependency ManagementAwesome FeaturesElevating Your Scripts: CLI Richness with PicocliPro-Grade ToolsZero-Code CLI …
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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;DRConclusion What is the Memory API The Foreign …
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Introducing the BoxLang Spring Boot Starter: Dynamic JVM Templating for Spring
Table of Contents 🌐 What is BoxLang?✨ Zero-Config Spring Boot IntegrationGradleGradle🚀 From Controller to Template in Minutes🌐 Full Web Scopes — Out of the Box🔥 Hot-Reload During Development⚙️ Configuration That Stays Out of Your Way🔀 Coexist With Any Other View …
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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 API In part 1 of this series of 3 blog posts we introduced the …
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Java 26 Is Here, And With It a Solid Foundation for the Future
Java 26 is here, and its main purpose seems to be to provide a solid foundation for future things to come. It comes with a few new features, some performance improvements and multiple enhancements that mention Project Valhalla as the inspiration for their existence. This post has all the info!
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Foojay Podcast #92: Java 26 Is Here: What’s New, What’s Gone, and Why It Matters in 2026
Table of Contents YouTubePodcast AppsGuestsContent Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! In this episode, we’re talking about Java 26, released on March 17 in the year 26. Again, right on schedule with Java’s six-month release cadence. Now, Java …
