It seems like J-Fall 2026 is still far away, but the call for papers is open and we are looking for new talent! Have you secretly always wondered what it would be like to be a speaker? But you’re not an expert on anything or you don’t have a clue what to speak about? Then here’s the thing for you: …

We continue building our microservices system by adding a coordination layer to handle spinning multiple services up and down.

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Although the Java 19 release is coming in September (2022-09-20), we already know what will happen in that release!

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In this post, learn how relational and NoSQL databases, Google Cloud Spanner and DataStax Astra DB, optimize distributed joins for real-time applications. Distributed joins are commonly considered to be too expensive to use for real-time transaction processing. That is because, …

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The JavaFX controller code maintains game state and responds to user input with appropriate updates to the UI.

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Most Java 17 blog posts focus on the shiny new language features. That’s all great, but we’d like to share what it takes to adopt Java 17 in a large tech team in the first place.

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RAM profiling has its strengths and weaknesses. The Debugger is a complementary tool to translate obtuse statistics to actionable changes!

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By exposing native Rust functions, you can be easily accessed using Project Panama’s Foreign Function Access APIs.

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In many cases, microservices are probably not ideal, but if you’re going to do it, take baby steps. Small and short-term wins matter; it boasts the team’s confidence. Always put checks and balance whether it is working or not. If not, then go back to the alternative ways.

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