AI on the JVM accelerates: New frameworks like Embabel, Koog, Spring AI, and LangChain4j drive rapid adoption of AI-native and AI-assisted development in Java. Java 25 anchors a modern baseline: The ...

The Java virtual machine manages application memory and provides a portable execution environment for Java-based applications. Developers reap the rewards in performance, stability, and predictable ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Over time, things tend to pile up, and version control systems are no exception. Just like in ...

Building Kerno.io to help Engineering teams troubleshoot Cloud Apps in minutes. Welcome to this issue of Activation Function. Every other week, I introduce you to a new and exciting open-source ...

Every update to RocksDB is written to two places: an in-memory data structure called memtable (to be flushed to SST files later) and write ahead log(WAL) on disk. In the event of a failure, write ...

GraalVM Native Image is an ahead-of-time compilation technology that generates native platform executables. Native executables are ideal for containers and cloud deployments as they are small, start ...

RocksJava is a project to build high performance but easy-to-use Java driver for RocksDB. RocksJava is structured in 3 layers: The Java classes within the org.rocksdb package which form the RocksJava ...

One of the first indicators of a runtime performance problem is a high Java CPU usage report from a JVM profiler or Java monitoring tool. Unfortunately, high Java CPU utilization problems on Windows ...

If you’ve read my Java 101 tutorial introducing static classes and inner classes, you should be familiar with the basics of working with nested classes in Java code. In this associated tip, I’ll walk ...