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Running DuckDB’s JDBC Driver in a GraalVM Native Image

Author: Geertjan Wielenga Original post on Foojay: Read More DuckDB is an in-process analytical database. You add one JAR to a Java project and get a SQL engine that reads CSV, Parquet, and JSON files directly, with no server to run. GraalVM Native Image compiles a Java program ahead of time into a standalone executable that starts in milliseconds and …

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SQLite Across Every Port: One Contract, One Encrypted File Format

Author: Shai Almog Original post on Foojay: Read More The original com.codename1.db implementation delegated SQLite calls to the database supplied by each operating system. We knew this was less portable than the rest of Codename One, but fixing it meant taking ownership of SQLite on every target. That looked like a deep rabbit hole, so we exposed escape hatches instead. …

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App Shield: Your Server Should Not Trust the App Calling It

Author: Shai Almog Original post on Foojay: Read More Any security check that runs only on a phone can be patched out on that phone. App Shield moves the final decision to your server by attaching a short-lived, server-verified attestation token to protected requests. What is Codename One? Codename One is an open-source framework for building native iOS, Android, desktop, …

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BoxLang 1.16.0 Released!

Author: Cristobal Escobar Original post on Foojay: Read More BoxLang 1.16.0 is here, closing 50 issues across new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The theme running through this release is control: control over how HTTP clients are created and reused, control over what happens when a request fails, control over how much data a response is allowed to buffer, control …

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Scripting in small apps: you don’t need a container for a macro

Author: Austin Lehman Original post on Foojay: Read More Disclosure: I maintain Aussom, an Apache 2.0 interpreted language for the JVM. It’s the approach I argue for here, and I have tried to be clear about where it is the wrong choice. Your app has a scripting feature, or it should: a macro system, a rules layer, plugin hooks, something …

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What’s New In The August 2026 Azul Payara Release?

Author: Dominika Tasarz Original post on Foojay: Read More The August 2026 release brings Azul Payara Server and Micro 7.3.0, Azul Payara Community 7.2026.8, Azul Payara Server and Micro 6.41.0, Azul Payara Server and Micro 5.90.0, and Azul Payara Server and Micro 4.1.2.191.58. The headline is in the Community edition. Azul Payara Community 7.2026.8 ships support for MicroProfile 7.1 and …

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Offline Crypto Address Validation in Java

Author: Oleksandr Dendeberia Original post on Foojay: Read More Backend validation often starts with simple questions. Is the input empty? Does it have the expected shape? Can it be parsed? Does it belong to the selected domain? Crypto wallet addresses are no different, except the formats vary across chains and simple regular expressions are rarely enough. If a Java backend …

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The Third-Generation GUI Builder: One Workspace for Every Form

Author: Shai Almog Original post on Foojay: Read More We have rebuilt the Codename One GUI Builder again. This is its third generation. The interesting part is not another drag-and-drop surface. It is what we kept, what Maven broke, and why a visual editor must understand the whole project instead of opening one generated form at a time. What is …

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Aggregation Optimization in MongoDB: Optimizing Many-to-Many Relationships (Part 3)

Author: Graeme Robinson Original post on Foojay: Read More And why MongoDB might be a better relational database than you ever realized. Design reviews are one-on-one meetings where MongoDB experts deliver advice on data modeling best practices and application design challenges. In this series, we are going to explore common real-life scenarios where design reviews helped developers achieve meaningful success …

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Azul August 2026 Release: Java’s First Monthly CSPU

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More If someone discloses a critical Java vulnerability the day after a quarterly update, you could wait up to three months for a patched build. That gap is closed now. The August 2026 release is the first monthly Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) in Java’s history, and Azul shipped it on schedule …

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