1. Spring and Java
>> Do Loom’s Claims Stack Up? Part 1: Millions of Threads? [webtide.com]
Gym membership and millions of loom virtual threads – evaluating the effect of GC and deep stacks on virtual threads!
>> Do Looms Claims Stack Up? Part 2: Thread Pools? [webtide.com]
Cheap threads causing expensive things: should we still use thread pools for better resource management?
>> What's New in MicroProfile 4.0 [infoq.com]
Configuration properties, more fault-tolerant, readiness probes, more metrics, and many more, all in a new MicroProfile version!
Also worth reading:
- >> Spec updates for Records, Pattern Matching, and Sealed Classes in Java 16 [mail.openjdk.java.net]
- >> GraalVM Offers COBOL Support [infoq.com]
- >> Undo feature with Neo4J & Enterprise Java [blog.sebastian-daschner.com]
- >> Jakarta Security and Tomcat 10 [arjan-tijms.omnifaces.org]
Webinars and presentations:
- >> A Bootiful Podcast: Alibaba's San-Hong Li on tuning OpenJDK for Alibaba Scale [spring.io]
- >> A Bootiful Podcast: Google Cloud's Daniel Zou on Spring Cloud GCP, teaching the youths, and Happy New Year! [spring.io]
Time to upgrade:
2. Technical
>> Don't use Protobuf for Telemetry [richardstartin.github.io]
Protocol buffer, Java, and low-overhead serializations – why Protobuf isn't a great fit for tracers and telemetry!
Also worth reading:
- >> A Jetpack Compose by any other name [jakewharton.com]
- >> Releasing Often Helps With Analyzing Performance Issues [techblog.bozho.net]
- >> What is the principle of least privilege and why it's such a hard thing to achieve [advancedweb. hu]
3. Musings
>> Musings around a Dockerfile for Jekyll [blog.frankel.ch]
Static site generation on Docker – dockerizing Jekyll, image size reduction, and image squashing!
Also worth reading:
- >> 6 Small Unit Testing Tips [henrikwarne.com]
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
>> Can't Tell When He Is Joking [dilbert.com]
>> Dogbert The Watcher [dilbert.com]
>> Important Context [dilbert.com]
5. Pick of the Week
>> Shields Down [randsinrepose.com]