Yesterday we launched this idea: Let’s Start a Java Mastodon Community for Friends of OpenJDK!. At the same time, we shared this post on Twitter (yes, the irony), Mastodon, and LinkedIn. Let’s see what the community thinks… TL;DR; Yes, a lot of likes and +1, most of the reactions think this would be a good idea. No, not everyone is …

Twitter has been my absolute “source of truth” for many years. For me, it’s the ideal medium to pick up new technologies, learn from experts, meet new people, etc. It even seemed I was able to “train the model” by carefully selecting the people I follow, as it has never been an abusive or hostile environment as it is perceived …

When I ask Java developers whether they do profile, the answer is usually “no”. The few that profiled before usually used VisualVM as a student and maybe JProfiler or YourKit years ago at work. One of the reasons for this is a lack of available information and thus knowledge for everyday Java developers. This is a pity as profiling should …