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Running DuckDB’s JDBC Driver in a GraalVM Native Image

Author: Geertjan Wielenga Original post on Foojay: Read More DuckDB is an in-process analytical database. You add one JAR to a Java project and get a SQL engine that reads CSV, Parquet, and JSON files directly, with no server to run. GraalVM Native Image compiles a Java program ahead of time into a standalone executable that starts in milliseconds and …

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SQLite Across Every Port: One Contract, One Encrypted File Format

Author: Shai Almog Original post on Foojay: Read More The original com.codename1.db implementation delegated SQLite calls to the database supplied by each operating system. We knew this was less portable than the rest of Codename One, but fixing it meant taking ownership of SQLite on every target. That looked like a deep rabbit hole, so we exposed escape hatches instead. …

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App Shield: Your Server Should Not Trust the App Calling It

Author: Shai Almog Original post on Foojay: Read More Any security check that runs only on a phone can be patched out on that phone. App Shield moves the final decision to your server by attaching a short-lived, server-verified attestation token to protected requests. What is Codename One? Codename One is an open-source framework for building native iOS, Android, desktop, …

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