Java Weekly, Issue 366

1. Spring and Java

>> Do Loom’s Claims Stack Up? Part 1: Millions of Threads? [webtide.com]

Gym membership and millions of loom virtual threads – evaluating the effect of GC and deep stacks on virtual threads!

>> Do Looms Claims Stack Up? Part 2: Thread Pools? [webtide.com]

Cheap threads causing expensive things: should we still use thread pools for better resource management?

>> What's New in MicroProfile 4.0 [infoq.com]

Configuration properties, more fault-tolerant, readiness probes, more metrics, and many more, all in a new MicroProfile version!

Also worth reading:

• >> Spec updates for Records, Pattern Matching, and Sealed Classes in Java 16 [mail.openjdk.java.net]
• >> GraalVM Offers COBOL Support [infoq.com]
• >> Undo feature with Neo4J & Enterprise Java [blog.sebastian-daschner.com]
• >> Jakarta Security and Tomcat 10 [arjan-tijms.omnifaces.org]

Webinars and presentations:

• >> A Bootiful Podcast: Alibaba's San-Hong Li on tuning OpenJDK for Alibaba Scale [spring.io]
• >> A Bootiful Podcast: Google Cloud's Daniel Zou on Spring Cloud GCP, teaching the youths, and Happy New Year! [spring.io]

Time to upgrade:

• >> Spring Cloud 2020.0.0 (aka Ilford) Is Available [spring.io]

2. Technical

>> Don't use Protobuf for Telemetry [richardstartin.github.io]

Protocol buffer, Java, and low-overhead serializations – why Protobuf isn't a great fit for tracers and telemetry!

Also worth reading:

• >> A Jetpack Compose by any other name [jakewharton.com]
• >> Releasing Often Helps With Analyzing Performance Issues [techblog.bozho.net]
• >> What is the principle of least privilege and why it's such a hard thing to achieve [advancedweb.hu]

3. Musings

>> Musings around a Dockerfile for Jekyll [blog.frankel.ch]

Static site generation on Docker – dockerizing Jekyll, image size reduction, and image squashing!

Also worth reading:

• >> 6 Small Unit Testing Tips [henrikwarne.com]

4. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

>> Can't Tell When He Is Joking [dilbert.com]

>> Dogbert The Watcher [dilbert.com]

>> Important Context [dilbert.com]

5. Pick of the Week

>> Shields Down [randsinrepose.com]

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Comments

• Thanks for the coverage on Loom, it is very interesting to me. by John Harby