Inside JFR Event Streaming: How the JVM Buffers Events Without
JFR streams events without halting the application because the emitter and the consumer don't share a mutable in-memory queue.
JFR vs async-profiler for production CPU profiling
For production CPU profiling on a JDK 21 or 25 box in 2026, default to async-profiler with --jfrsync : roughly 1% overhead at -i 10ms , no safepoint bias.
Testcontainers vs zonky embedded Postgres: integration test latency on GitHub Actions
If your CI bill is dominated by Docker pulls and your @DataJpaTest classes each create their own database, the choice between Testcontainers and zonky's.
Inside Project Loom’s Thread Scheduler: How Carrier Threads Get Pinned
Overview The Scheduling Contract Between Virtual and Carrier Threads What Actually Causes a Carrier Thread to Get Pinned?
Azul Zulu Prime 24.03 CRaC SIGILL on Graviton Cross-Gen Restore
As of: March 22, 2026 — Azul Zulu Prime 24.03 Quick nav Why does the SIGILL only fire after a CRaC restore? What does the crash look like in a…
Spring AI 1.1 Broke My Ollama Integration After the Upgrade
The first sign something was wrong with the Spring AI 1.1 upgrade was a NoSuchBeanDefinitionException for OllamaChatClient at startup, followed by a flood.
Gradle Tooling Finally Stopped Crashing My IDE
So there I was last Tuesday, staring at the "Gradle: Syncing..." spinner for the fourth time before 9 AM. My M2 MacBook Pro sounded like it was preparing.
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.
Elevating Build Engineering: A Deep Dive into Gradle 8.10 and the Future of Java Automation
Introduction: The Pulse of the Java Ecosystem The landscape of software development is evolving at a breakneck pace.
Accelerating Java Builds: Mastering Quarkus Caching with Maven and Develocity
Introduction: The Quest for the Instant Build In the fast-paced world of software development, the feedback loop is everything.