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First Test of Java on BeagleBoards (ARM and RISC-V)

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents ARM versus RISC-V?BeagleBoards Test Boards First Tests BeagleY-AI (ARM Processor) BeagleV-Fire (RISC-V Processor) BeagleV-Ahead (RISC-V Processor) PocketBeagle 2 2 (ARM Processor) Conclusion As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V), I’ve asked various suppliers to send …

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Optimizing the MongoDB Java Driver: How minor optimizations led to macro gains

Author: Nasir Qureshi Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Getting the metrics rightHow we measured performance2. Java Virtual Machine (JVM) intrinsics3. Check and check again4. BSON null terminator detection with SWAR5. Avoiding redundant copies and allocations6. String Encoding, removing method indirection and redundant checks Lessons learned Donald Knuth, widely recognized as the ‘father of the analysis of algorithms,’ …

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Runtime Code Analysis in the Age of Vibe Coding

Author: Suneet Kamath Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents What Makes This DifferentThe Gap in Java Tooling The Original Problem Why Existing Tools Don’t Fit How I Ended Up Building This A Real-World Bug How the Bug Appeared Why It Was Hard to Spot The Key Insight: Frequency ≠ Resource ConsumptionHow It Works Instrumentation The Report Machine-Readable …

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