1. Spring and Java

>> R2DBC joins Reactive Foundation [r2dbc.io]

A good day for open standards: Reactive Relational Database Connectivity (R2DBC) joins the Reactive Foundation!

>> The Reactive Principles [reactive.foundation]

Design Principles for Distributed Applications: a set of best practices to design and implement highly efficient, performant, scalable, and resilient distributed systems.

>> NUMA-Aware Memory Allocations for G1 GC [sangheon.github.io]

How NUMA-awareness affects heap initialization, allocation, and logging in G1 GC.

Also worth reading:

Webinars and presentations:

Time to upgrade:

2. Technical

>> How Netflix Scales its API with GraphQL Federation [netflixtechblog.com]

GraphQL Federation: providing unified APIs with distributed ownership and implementation!

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3. Musings

>> Write Angry! [zachholman.com]

An unorthodox approach to making more efficient processes – being angry and extremely opinionated about the current way of doing things!

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4. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

>> Coffee Productivity [dilbert.com]

>> Banana Is Not An Apple [dilbert.com]

>> No Performance Reviews [dilbert.com]

5. Pick of the Week

>> 5 Common Beliefs that Can Subtly Screw You Over [markmanson.net]