1. Spring and Java

>> Selectively Shifting and Constraining Computation [openjdk.org]

Java with less runtime footprint have a look at Mark Reinhold’s proposal for project Leyden to improve the startup time, time to peak performance, and footprint of Java programs.

>> Observability with Spring Boot 3 [spring.io]

A practical sneak peek into how the new observability feature works in Spring Framework 6.0 and Spring Boot 3.0. Good stuff.

>> Migrating to Hibernate 6 [thorben-janssen.com]

And preparing to migrate to Hibernate: no more proprietary Criteria API, mandatory select in JPQL, new logging categories, and quite a bit more.

Also worth reading:

Webinars and presentations:

Time to upgrade:

2. Technical & Musings

>> Push-based Outbox Pattern with Postgres Logical Replication [event-driven.io]

Taking advantage of Postgres Logical Replication to implement a push-based outbox pattern instead of the traditional poll-based logic.

Also worth reading:

3. Comics

>> Dave Is Considered [dilbert.com]

>> Tina Is Considered [dilbert.com]

>> Impact Of Esg [dilbert.com]

4. Pick of the Week

And a demo of the full platform from vFunction – focused on application modernization and breaking a monolith architecture into microservices:

>> A demo of the platform [vfunction.com]

I’ll go into more detail in the email.