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Exploring the Impact of Stack Size on JVM Thread Creation: A Myth Debunked

Among Java developers, a prevailing assumption is that the number of native threads that can be created within the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is linked to the stack size. To scrutinize this widespread notion, an experiment was conducted. The results revealed that stack size plays a less significant role in native thread creation than previously thought. The Experiment The experiment …

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Foojay Podcast #28: Java 21 Has Arrived!

Since 2018, we get a new version of Java every 6 months. And version 21, released during today, is a long-term support version that can be used for many years. It also brings a lot of new features and improvements in both the language and the runtime. Actually, there are so many that we’ll probably not get all of them …

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Exposing your data using Spring GraphQL

In this article, we’ll take an introductory look at how we can use Spring GraphQL in our Java applications. GraphQL is a query language (hence the QL) that in conjunction with a framework such as Spring GraphQL can be used to efficiently manage our data, and even reuse existing services. It has 2 core concepts: queries: used to define which …

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