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 figure out…
Java Concurrency in 2026: The “Go Envy” is Finally Gone
Actually, I distinctly remember sitting in that conference room in 2019, watching my colleague demo a high-throughput service written in Go.
Swift Optionals Are Great, Until They Aren’t
I have a love-hate relationship with nil . Don't get me wrong. Swift's type system is a lifesaver. I remember the bad old days of Objective-C, sending.
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 decided to bump our main.
Stop Writing Bash, Start Using JBang (It’s 2026, People)
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 lesson about HTTP verbs yet.
Java’s Post-Quantum Crypto: A Survival Guide for 2026
Actually, I still remember the mild panic in our Slack channels back in March 2025 when Java 24 dropped. The headline features were all about.
Java’s Project Valhalla: Finally Simple Enough to Use
I've been tracking Project Valhalla since before my kids were born. Seriously. For a decade, it felt like this mythical beast—always just "one release.
Java Concurrency in 2026: The End of the “Wild West”
Well, I have to admit, I still wake up in a cold sweat sometimes thinking about CompletableFuture . You know the drill — chaining .thenCompose() into.
Java Virtual Threads: A Production Reality Check
Well, I've been running them in production on our payment processing service for the last six months. And honestly? It's mostly great. Mostly.