Week in review: 20 July 2026

20 Jul – 26 Jul 2026 · 6 posts.

Published this week

Frank Delporte Jul 20, 2026 673 views

As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V), I've asked various suppliers to …

Cristobal Escobar Jul 21, 2026 426 views

Every production application carries secrets: database passwords, API tokens, encryption keys. The question is never whether to manage them …

Luqman Saeed Jul 23, 2026 817 views

Azul Payara's July 2026 release: Server and Micro 7.2.0, Jakarta EE 11, and a brute force security fix across every supported line.

Frank Delporte Jul 23, 2026 955 views

Every three months your production JDKs fall further behind on security patches. Azul closes that gap today with the July 2026 quarterly …

Steve Poole Jul 23, 2026 863 views

AI finds decades-old flaws at machine speed, but the fixes only reach supported versions. What that means for end-of-life Java, and what to …

Shai Almog Jul 24, 2026 350 views

Codename One statically links its lightweight UI into your native app, so an OS update cannot silently redesign it. New native-reference …