Introduction In distributed, microservice-based applications, the management of state is one of the most important, yet difficult aspects of design. Ensuring the accuracy and consistency of state without introducing excessive complexity that affects performance or flexibility to support evolving requirements requires careful thought. This article discusses issues around state management and shows how the Chronicle Services framework provides support to …

Have fun with this overview of the “JavaFX LinksOfTheWeek” that got published on jfx-central.com during November! Core Carl Dea shared: “JavaFX 22 will be supporting platform specific settings! E.g. dark and light mode etc.”. See JDK-8319138: Platform preferences API. Also worth following: JDK-8305116: “Frosty / Milky / diffuse transparency areas showing desktop background” Dirk Lemmermann is looking forward to the …

I was searching for some JFR-related settings on the internet when I stumbled upon the /jfr command that exists in Minecraft: This, of course, intrigued me, especially as Minecraft apparently adds some custom JFR events: So I had to check it out. I downloaded and started the Java server, got a demo account, and connected to my local instance. This …