1. Spring and Java
>> Java – The Documentary [inside.java]
A cinematic look back at how Java got here, from Sun, through the strategic pivots that could easily have gone the other way, to a platform running on billions of devices.
>> In-House LLM Serving at Netflix [netflixtechblog.com]
Rather than consuming LLMs through hosted APIs, Netflix runs the whole stack in-house, and this write-up walks through the four decisions that shaped it. Not easily reproducible of course but still an interesting read.
Also worth reading:
- >> Security Baked Into the JVM: the Safe Codebase Audit Pipeline [frankel.ch]
- >> First Test of Java on Banana Pi (ARM and RISC-V), Plus a Blinking LED with Pi4J [foojay.io]
- >> Toward a Durable Spring PetClinic [foojay.io]
- >> How We Beat HotSpot Performance (By Cheating, But Not Like That) [foojay.io]
- >> Warm Up Fast, Run Lean: Vertical Scaling for Java on Kubernetes with Azul Prime and Kedify [foojay.io]
- >> Quality Outreach Heads-up – JDK 27: Default G1 in All Environments [inside.java]
- >> Identifying JDK Value Class Candidates [inside.java]
- >> Transitioning Java to more frequent security updates [oracle.com]
- >> Improving a Competitor’s Numbers (On Purpose) [quarkus.io]
- >> Patch Java classes at build time with Quarkus Shim [quarkus.io]
- >> The simplest interpreter: Write yourself a compiler, Part I and Arithmetic interpreter: Part II [nurkiewicz.com]
- >> OWASP Top 10 2025 [vojtechruzicka.com]
Webinars and presentations:
- >> Episode 62 “JDK 27 + Valhalla, Now! + Hackathon” [IJN] [inside.java]
- >> A Bootiful Podcast: Russ Miles on Safer, More Productive Interactions with AI [spring.io]
- >> From OTEL to SLMs: Distilling Frontier Model Behaviour from Production Telemetry [infoq.com]
Time to upgrade:
- >> BoxLang AWS, Azure, and Google Secrets Manager Module Released [foojay.io]
- >> Quarkus 3.38.0 and 3.27.5 [github.com/quarkusio]
- >> Vert.x 4.5.31 [github.com/eclipse-vertx]
- >> Elasticsearch 9.4.4, 9.3.8, and 8.19.19 [github.com/elastic]
- >> Zuul 4.1.1 and 4.1.0 [github.com/Netflix]
- >> Micronaut Core 5.1.10, 5.1.9, 5.1.8, and 5.1.7 [github.com/micronaut-projects]
- >> Helidon 4.5.1 and 3.2.19 [github.com/helidon-io]
2. Pick of the Week
>> The New Survey from SlashData is Out
And yes, as always, there’s a prize 🙂
