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Author: Ondro Mihalyi Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents How GlassFish helps with improving database performance Connection pool configuration JDBC batching Jakarta Persistence (JPA) batching Next Steps Database operations are a very critical part of most applications in regards of performance. There are multiple reasons why database operations can significantly contribute to lower performance: The database often …

Author: Jennifer Reif Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents GenAI systems as layersVector RAGGraph RAGAI AgentsModel Context Protocol (MCP)What should you choose?Wrapping up!Resources In the last post, we discussed the basics of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and how it enhances the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) by integrating them with external knowledge sources. We also introduced …

Author: Nicolas Frankel Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents My use caseRecipe basicsPutting it all togetherTesting the recipePotential future worksConclusion I’ve been eying OpenRewrite for some time, but I haven’t had time to play with it yet. In case you never heard about OpenRewrite, OpenRewrite takes care of refactoring your codebase to newer language, framework, and paradigm …

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents What happens at Java startup Java warmup phase  Deoptimizations Solutions Provided by Azul Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC)  ReadyNow  Cloud Native Compiler CRaC Compared to ReadyNow Conclusion  This is the first blog post in a series on faster Java application warmup with ReadyNow.Azul has developed different solutions to help …

Author: Tim Kelly Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Aggregation pipelineAggregation stages $Match $Project $Unwind $Group $Sort $AddFields Combining stagesWrapping up Finding exactly the data we need isn’t always a simple task. You’ve probably faced situations where you needed to filter information, group it, and even perform calculations to produce a final result. And often, delivering this …

Author: A N M Bazlur Rahman Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents What Actually Changed This Time The Core Concept Remains Strong The headline change: static factory methods Joiners: pick your success policy Rolling your own Joiner Better cancellation and deadlines Scoped values ride along Guard-rails against misuse Observability improvements Some more examples to try out Final …

Author: Nicolas Frankel Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents The initial setupCloudflare Tunnel for Home AssistantRemoving Let’s Encrypt add-onConclusion I continue to take care of my Home Assistant. This week, I replaced my original setup with Cloudflare Tunnel. This is the 6th post in the My journey with Home Assistant focus series. Other posts include: Why Home …

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents VideoPodcast (Audio only)Content On May 13th and 14th, Foojay attended the JCON conference in Köln, Germany, where we did over 30 live-stream interviews. In this episode, we present to you the first set of these interviews, in which we focus on celebrating 30 years of Java, how you …

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents CoreApplicationsComponents, Libraries, ToolsPodcasts, Videos, BooksConferencesTutorialsMiscellaneousJFX Central Here is the overview of the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of April 2025. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of the next overviews? Let us know via links@jfx-central.com. …

Author: Nicolas Frankel Original post on Foojay: Read More I recently acquired Netatmo smart radiator valves to manage my rooms’ temperature remotely. I’m not skilled at manual tasks, but I could easily replace the old thermo-static valves. I then registered the smart ones in the Netatmo app. Finally, I integrated them in my Home Assistant via the dedicated Netatmo integration. …