1. Spring and Java

>> Optimizing JVM for the Cloud: Strategies for Success [infoq.com]

The JVM was never designed with the cloud in mind, but it can surely be optimized really well for it 🙂

>> JEP 476: Simplifying Java Development with Module Import [infoq.com]

No more verbose imports… finally!

>> JEP targeted to JDK 23: 467: Markdown Documentation Comments [openjdk.org]

Markdown in JavaDocs?! Well, who would have thought? 🙂

Also worth reading:

Webinars and presentations:

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2. Technical & Musings

>> Hacking our way to better team meetings [allthingsdistributed.com]

That’s what happens when engineers start engineering… meetings.

>> Feature Flags: Make or Buy? [reflectoring.io]

Complex feature flag management is a solved problem, and if it’s not core to your business, just take it off the shelf.

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3. Pick of the Week

>> Why reading whitepapers takes your career to the next level (and how to do it) [highgrowthengineer.com]

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