1. Spring and Java
>> JDK 27 and JDK 28: What We Know So Far [infoq.com]
JDK 27 has reached its first RC with compact object headers on by default, G1 as the default collector everywhere, and structured concurrency marching through its seventh preview. The JDK 28 train is already loading up, starting with an incubating Simple JSON API 🚀
Also worth reading:
- >> Security Baked Into the JVM: sixteen Subjects on the wire [frankel.ch]
- >> Scripting in small apps: you don’t need a container for a macro [foojay.io]
- >> The Third-Generation GUI Builder: One Workspace for Every Form [foojay.io]
- >> Value Classes Still Need Compiler Sympathy [johan-sjolen.github.io]
- >> Quality Outreach Heads-up – JDK 28: Named Group Information Captured in the TLSHandshake JFR Event [inside.java]
- >> Spring Boot Configuration Management Best Practices [jetbrains.com]
Webinars and presentations:
- >> Episode 67 “Keeping Up With the Java Release Train” [I/O] [inside.java]
- >> A Bootiful Podcast: JRuby lead Charles Nutter [spring.io]
Time to upgrade:
- >> Spring Boot 4.1.1 available now and 4.0.8 [spring.io]
- >> Spring AI 2.0.1 Available Now [spring.io]
- >> Spring Cloud 2025.1.3 (aka Oakwood) has been released [spring.io]
- >> Spring Batch 6.0.5 and 6.1.0-M1 available now [spring.io]
- >> Spring Modulith 2.2 M1, 2.1.1, 2.0.8, and 1.4.13 released [spring.io]
- >> BoxLang 1.16.0 Released! [foojay.io]
- >> Announcing Oracle Jipher 10.37: FIPS 140-3 Cryptography for Java [inside.java]
- >> GraalVM Community 25 Innovation 3 (graal 25.3.4.1) [github.com/graalvm]
- >> Quarkus 3.39.1 and 3.39.0 [github.com/quarkusio]
- >> Elasticsearch 9.5.2 [github.com/elastic]
- >> Grails 7.2.3, 7.1.6 and 7.0.16 [github.com/apache]
- >> Micronaut Core 5.1.12 [github.com/micronaut-projects]
- >> Azul Payara Community 7.2026.8 [github.com/payara]
- >> Micrometer 1.17.1 and 1.16.7 [github.com/micrometer-metrics]
2. Technical & Musings
>> Netflix Conductor: The Next Chapter [netflixtechblog.com]
Netflix open-sourced Conductor back in 2016, and this post traces its evolution into a mature orchestration engine — plus what’s next for the project now that it has a dedicated maintainer team and a renewed roadmap. Good context for anyone running workflow orchestration at scale.
Also worth reading:
- >> Fast and Hard Code [pocoo.org]
- >> Your First Virtual Machine: Write yourself a compiler, Part IV [nurkiewicz.com]
- >> Human-in-the-loop Authorization Patterns for Agents [christianposta.com]
- >> Find Git Commits by Commit Message Text [hamvocke.com]
- >> This Fact About KPIs May Surprise You [satisfice.com]
- >> Why agentic AI starts with legacy modernisation by Suzanne Angell [scottlogic.com]
- >> A Tale of Two Flink Autoscalers [netflixtechblog.com]
- >> Some reflections after a year with AI [tfnico.com]
- >> Migrating a Synology NAS to a UniFi UNAS Pro 8 with Robocopy, SMB Multichannel, and Surprising Performance Traps [hanselman.com]
- >> A Cautionary Tale About Data Breach Claims, Verification and Carhartt [troyhunt.com]
3. Pick of the Week
JetBrains is bringing IntelliJ IDEA Conf back in just one week, on September 8–9, 2026.
A free, fully virtual conference for developers working across the Java and JVM ecosystem:
>> IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 [jetbrains.com]
