Azul Zulu’s CRaC Support Finally Fixed My Cold Start Nightmare
I spent last weekend staring at Datadog dashboards, watching our Java microservices take their sweet, agonizing 14 seconds to spin up during a sudden.
Java’s Static Keyword Just Cost Me Three Hours
Well, I have to admit, I was wrong about that Java 25.0.2 upgrade causing our memory issues. Actually, let me back up — the real culprit was a single.
Testing the Latest Quarkus and Hibernate Reactive Drops
I spent three hours yesterday tracing a dropped database connection in a reactive pipeline. The stack trace was completely useless, pointing to a thread.
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.
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.
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.
Java 20, Liberica, and Why I’m Obsessed with Tiny Containers Again
I spent most of Tuesday fighting with a Docker image that refused to shrink below 400MB. You know the feeling.
Java 25: Why I’m Finally Ditching My Old Boilerplate
The LTS Upgrade That Actually Matters I usually dread the "new Java" notifications. You know the drill—I see the announcement, I read the JEPs, and then I.