1. Spring and Java
>> InfoQ Java Trends Report 2025 [infoq.com]
If we’re wondering where Java is heading into 2026, the signal is clear: AI tooling is moving onto the JVM (Spring AI, LangChain4j, agent frameworks), Java 25 is the new baseline, and modernization is accelerating with OpenRewrite—while Jakarta EE 11/12 keeps moving along.
Also worth reading:
- >> Spring Boot 4 OpenTelemetry Guide: Metrics, Traces, and Logs Explained [foojay.io]
- >> Smart Tool Selection: Achieving 34-64% Token Savings with Spring AI’s Dynamic Tool Discovery [spring.io]
- >> Quality Outreach Heads-up – JDK 26: Jlink Compression Plugin Now Handles -c Option Correctly [inside.java]
- >> Quarkus feature flags [quarkus.io]
- >> TornadoVM 2.0 Brings Automatic GPU Acceleration and LLM support to Java [infoq.com]
- >> Meet the Islands Theme – The New Default Look for JetBrains IDEs [blog.jetbrains.com]
Webinars and presentations:
- >> A Bootiful Podcast: The legendary Rossen Stoyanchev on API versioning, declarative interface clients, RestTestClients, and more [spring.io]
- >> Valhalla? Python? Withers? Lombok? – Ask the Architects at JavaOne’25 [inside.java]
- >> Episode 42 “From Sumatra to Panama, from Babylon to Valhalla” with John Rose [inside.java]
- >> Foojay Podcast #86: Agents, MCP, and Graph Databases: Java Developers Navigate the AI Revolution [foojay.io]
Time to upgrade:
- >> Spring Framework 7.0.2 Available Now | 6.2.15 [spring.io]
- >> Spring Tools 5.0.0 released [spring.io]
- >> Spring Data 2025.1.1, 2025.0.7 and 2024.1.13 released [spring.io]
- >> Spring Cloud 2024.0.3 (aka Northfields) Has Been Released [spring.io]
- >> Spring Session 4.0.1, 3.5.4, and 3.4.7 [spring.io]
- >> Spring Authorization Server 1.5.5, 1.5.4, 1.4.8, and 1.4.7 [spring.io]
- >> Spring Batch 6.0.1 available now [spring.io]
- >> Spring Cloud Contract 5.0.1 released [toomuchcoding.com]
- >> Kotlin 2.3.0 Released [blog.jetbrains.com]
- >> Quarkus 3.30.4 | 3.30.3 [github.com/quarkusio]
- >> Micronaut Core 5.0.0-M5 | 4.10.11 [github.com/micronaut-projects]
- >> Hibernate Search 8.2.0.Final is out [in.relation.to]
- >> Apache Maven 3.9.12 [github.com/apache]
- >> Payara Platform Community 7.2025.2 [payara.fish]
- >> Apache Camel 4.10.8 [camel.apache.org]
- >> Eclipse Vert.x 5.0.6 | 4.5.23 [vertx.io]
- >> Micrometer 1.16.1 | 1.15.7 [github.com/micrometer-metrics]
- >> Zuul 3.2.12 [github.com/Netflix]
2. Technical & Musings
>> The Specification Renaissance? Skills and Mindset for Spec-Driven Development [scottlogic.com]
Understanding specifications in our ever evolving AI-focused ecosystem is quite important. An interesting read.
Also worth reading:
- >> How Temporal Powers Reliable Cloud Operations at Netflix [netflixtechblog.com]
- >> The Specification Renaissance? Skills and Mindset for Spec-Driven Development [blog.scottlogic.com]
- >> DeepSeek-R1 agents with code actions [krasserm.github.io]
- >> Skills vs Dynamic MCP Loadouts [lucumr.pocoo.org]
- >> Beyond the Hype: Will sustainable AI ever be a reality? [blog.scottlogic.com]
3. Pick of the Week
>> Keep earning your title, or it expires [sive.rs]
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