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Ever dreamed of becoming a tech speaker, but not sure where to start?

The NLJUG Speaker Academy is here to help you take the stage, even if you don’t (yet) consider yourself an expert. We’re kicking things off with our first session on 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 30𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 18:00 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭 (food & drinks included) Led by Java Champions Bert Jan Schrijver and Brian Vermeer, this program will help you: ✅ Find your talk topic …

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Ensuring Safe and Reliable AI Interactions with LLM Guardrails

Author: Brian Vermeer Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Understanding LLM guardrailsHow guardrails workEasily implementing guardrails with Quarkus Input guardrails Output guardrails Sanitizing LLM input and output Integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into our applications is becoming increasingly popular. These models are extremely useful for creating content, searching documentation, and solving more complex problems. However, with great …

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Your Complete Guide to Diagnose Slow Queries in MongoDB

Author: Tim Kelly Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents 1. MongoDB’s Query Profiler What we’ll need What is MongoDB’s Profiler? MongoDB Atlas Query Profiler in the Atlas UI A few important considerations MongoDB Database Profiler Let’s make something slow on purpose 2. Understanding execution plans with explain() What we’ll need What is explain()? Verbosity modes Let’s use …

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Sonar Connect Amsterdam 2025

Author: Jonathan Vila Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Code quality + Code security for Open Source & AI code Code quality + Code security for Open Source & AI code In the age of AI, ensuring code quality and code security is more critical than ever. Are you using the best methodologies to introduce GenAI in …

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Foojay Podcast #73: JCon Report, Part 2 – Evolutions in the Java Language and Runtime

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents VideoPodcast (audio only)Content In the second part of our JCON interviews, recorded at the conference in May, we focuses on general evolutions within the Java world and how they influence how we write code and develop applications. We take a look back at the history of Java, discuss …

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How ReadyNow Improves Java Warmup Time

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents How ReadyNow achieves faster compilationsNormal startupWhat’s in the fileStartup with fileComparing the different runs Tier 1 compile counts Tier 2 Compile Counts Compiler queue run Conclusion This is the second blog post in a series on faster Java application warmup. The first blog post, Faster Java Warmup: CRaC …

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Java Concurrency Best Practices for MongoDB

Author: Vivekanandan Sakthivelu Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Lost updatesDirty readsNon-repeatable readsPhantom readsHow to avoid these issues Isolation Read concern Write concern In a multi-threaded, distributed environment like MongoDB, when clients execute queries concurrently, operations interleave with one another if they are not isolated, whether those operations involve single-document or multi-document operations. For instance, Client C1’s …

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Performance Best Practise No. 1: Optimize Database Operations

Author: Ondro Mihalyi Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents How GlassFish helps with improving database performance Connection pool configuration JDBC batching Jakarta Persistence (JPA) batching Next Steps Database operations are a very critical part of most applications in regards of performance. There are multiple reasons why database operations can significantly contribute to lower performance: The database often …

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Intro to RAG: Foundations of Retrieval Augmented Generation, part 2

Author: Jennifer Reif Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents GenAI systems as layersVector RAGGraph RAGAI AgentsModel Context Protocol (MCP)What should you choose?Wrapping up!Resources In the last post, we discussed the basics of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and how it enhances the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) by integrating them with external knowledge sources. We also introduced …

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