1. Spring and Java

>> The Serial Garbage Collector – Sip of Java [inside.java]

Crash course on Serial GC, when it’s chosen by JVM ergonomics, and common configuration parameters for tuning.

>> MySQL rewriteBatchedStatements [vladmihalcea.com]

An interesting, low-level read on how the rewriteBatchedStatements configuration parameter can affect batching when using JDBC/JPA/Hibernate.

Also worth reading:

Webinars and presentations:

Time to upgrade:

2. Technical & Musings

>> Back to basics: accessing Kubernetes pods [blog.frankel.ch]

Different ways of exposing services to the outside world in K8S NodePort, LoadBalancer, and Ingress

>> Kubernetes Removals and Major Changes In 1.25 [kubernetes.io]

And more Kubernetes – PodSecurityPolicy, deprecating GlusterFS, cleaning up IPTable chain ownership things to expect in K8S 1.25.

Also worth reading:

3. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

>> Cramming It Back In The Box [dilbert.com]

>> Need A Serial Number [dilbert.com]

>> Harder To Return Products [dilbert.com]

4. Pick of the Week

>> You Don’t Need Microservices [itnext.io]