Java’s Static Keyword Just Cost Me Three Hours
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The February Hibernate milestones actually fix things
Hibernate news: I have a confession - I used to hate ORM upgrades. They usually break something obscure in a criteria query I wrote four years ago.
Testing the Latest Quarkus and Hibernate Reactive Drops
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Shipping Java 11 to iOS: Benchmarking Gluon’s New Cloud Pipeline
So there I was at 2 AM on a Tuesday, staring at a massive Xcode stack trace on my M3 Max running Sonoma 14.4. I was trying to Learn about…
Java Concurrency in 2026: The “Go Envy” is Finally Gone
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Swift Optionals Are Great, Until They Aren’t
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Gradle 9.2: Isolated Projects Just Broke My Build (And I Love It)
Well, I have to admit, I've had a love-hate relationship with Gradle. Mostly hate, if I'm being honest. But last Tuesday, I Learn about Gradle news.
Null Objects: The Zombie Pattern That Won’t Die
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Stop Writing Bash, Start Using JBang (It’s 2026, People)
Java ME news: Well, that's not entirely accurate - for years, despite being a "Java guy," I actually wrote all my utility scripts in Python or Bash.
Tomcat’s Base64 RCE: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Actually, I spent my Friday night patching three different legacy clusters because apparently, we haven't learned our Learn about Java security news.