Java Weekly, Issue 372

1. Spring and Java

>> JEP-380: Unix domain socket channels [inside.java]

Performant, secure, and convenient inter-process communications with Unix domain socket support in Java 16!

>> Metrics and Tracing: Better Together [spring.io]

Tracing meets metrics – linking Spring Boot metrics and open tracing data for better observability.

>> GraalVM Native Image Quick Reference [medium.com]

A highlight of the most commonly used and useful options for creating native images with GraalVM.

Also worth reading:

• >> Building a layered modular Java application? Watch out for these! [andresalmiray.com]
• >> JDBC Connection and Dialect Configuration in Hibernate [thorben-janssen.com]
• >> Getting Started with AWS S3 and Spring Boot [reflectoring.io]
• >> jOOQ Internals: Pushing up SQL fragments [blog.jooq.org]
• >> Demystifying Spring Cloud Stream producers with Apache Kafka partitions [spring.io]
• >> JFrog to Shut down JCenter and Bintray [infoq.com]
• >> Data-Driven Testing and Mocking in Spock [blog.jetbrains.com]
• >> The state of JVM desktop frameworks: Jetpack Compose for Desktop [blog.frankel.ch]
• >> Record Spring Events When Testing Spring Boot Applications [rieckpil.de]
• >> Releasing Maven Based Projects to Maven Central [info.michael-simons.eu]

Webinars and presentations:

• >> A Bootiful Podcast: RSocket legend and new Reactor team member Oleh Dokuka [spring.io]
• >> Devpod – Conversation on Software Technologies with Josh Long [spotify.com]

Time to upgrade:

• >> JDK 16: First Release Candidate [mail.openjdk.java.net]
• >> Tomcat 10.0.2 released [tomcat.apache.org]
• >> Netty 4.1.59.Final released [netty.io]
• >> Hibernate ORM 5.4.28.Final released [in.relation.to]
• >> Hibernate Search 6.0.1.Final released [in.relation.to]

2. Technical

>> Hash Join Algorithm [vladmihalcea.com]

Joining tables using hashtables: a linear alternative to nested loops for joining two tables.

Also worth reading:

• >> Edge Authentication and Token-Agnostic Identity Propagation [netflixtechblog.com]
• >> Pinterest Describes an Architecture for Efficient Retrieval of Hierarchical Documents [infoq.com]
• >> Growth Engineering at Netflix- Creating a Scalable Offers Platform [netflixtechblog.com]
• >> Exploring the ChaCha stream cipher [musigma.blog]
• >> ArchUnit [blog.tremblay.pro]
• >> How to properly implement unique constraints in DynamoDB [advancedweb.hu]

3. Musings

>> Meetings, ugh! Let’s change our language [benjiweber.co.uk]

Make meetings great again – debugging ineffective meetings by answering a few simple questions.

Also worth reading:

• >> Be Humble [lucumr.pocoo.org]
• >> On Insurmountable Technical Obstacles [pointersgonewild.com]

4. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

>> The Boss Has An Idea [dilbert.com]

>> Disagree With Experts [dilbert.com]

>> Fraud Presenter [dilbert.com]

5. Pick of the Week

The pick this week is the interesting Cassandra cloud from DataStax:

>> Cassandra on Astra

If you're running or planning to run Cassandra in production, definitely register and use the forever-free 5Gb tier there to try it out.

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