New Section Added to Foojay.io: Java Quick Start
Foojay.io aims to be the starting point for “all-things OpenJDK". The idea struck me that this site needs complete beginner materials, too!
Week in review: 9 January 2023
Published this week
2022 in Retrospective
Years when one changes jobs are always challenging but very interesting; 2022 was no different. What are your insights into last/this year?
Managing Dependencies in IntelliJ IDEA
Learn the different ways in which we can view our project's dependencies in IntelliJ IDEA, and the different focus for each view.
Why Many Developers Don't Write or Give Talks
Learn why developers may not write or give talks and how sharing knowledge and experiences can improve communication skills, and much more!
How to Reduce Cloud Cost by 99% for EDA Kafka Applications
About 400x more instances can be run on the same hardware with Chronicle Queue for specific latency-sensitive EDA applications.
Why Your Choice of JVM Matters More Than Ever
Learn why when you use hyper-optimized Java runtimes instead of vanilla OpenJDK you do less tuning and debugging!
Unsafe Deserialization Vulnerability in SnakeYaml
org.yaml:snakeyaml package is widely used in the Java ecosystem, in part because it is packaged by default in the spring-boot-starter.
Writing a Profiler from Scratch: The Profiling Loop
How do profilers like async-profiler work? How to write your own? This is the second part, covering wall-clock profiling.
The Massive Hidden Power of Breakpoints
Learn about tracepoints (AKA logpoints) how exception breakpoints don't suck, watchpoints, filters & why method breakpoints are problematic.
Debugging Streams and Collections
Java 8 streams improved readability and provide great debugging opportunities. There are amazing tools for inspecting collections and …