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Foojay Podcast #70: Celebrating 5 Years of Foojay

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More On April 25, 2020, Geertjan Wielenga published the first Foojay post. Yes, we are celebrating 5 years since the Friends Of OpenJDK website launch! Today, more than 1,600 posts are on the site, written by over 250 authors. And there is much more to discover within the Foojay world… In this …

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Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile Released, Enabled by Eclipse GlassFish

Author: Ondro Mihalyi Original post on Foojay: Read More The Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile has officially been released on March 30, 2025 — bringing a cleaner, more modern baseline to the Jakarta EE platform, with strong alignment to recent Java versions, improved modularity, and the removal of legacy specifications. Although it comes later than planned, due to unexpected challenges in refactoring …

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Async file IO with Java and io_uring

Author: David Vlijmincx Original post on Foojay: Read More When I first started exploring Virtual Threads in Java, I wanted to understand everything about them like, performance characteristics, when they yield, and limitations. This journey led me to an interesting challenge about file I/O operations. These operations cause Virtual Threads to become “pinned” to platform threads, limiting their effectiveness for …

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