Which language produces the fast apps? How do C# and Java Compare? How are bytecodes and IL different?Dave takes you on a tour of C# and Java and then drag... (more…)

I love AWS Lambda. Removing the concept of a “server” from your application is huge. I won’t go into all the benefits of Lambda, but I can say from first han...

The JVM’s garbage collectors make use of Thread-Local Allocation Buffers (TLABs) to improve allocation performance. In this article we’re going to understand what TLABs are, how they affect the code generated by the JIT for allocation and what the resulti... (more…)

One of the latest fashions in the Java world is GraalVM. For someone who has been around, I still remember the "Write once, run anywhere" slogan of Java virtual machine. Apparently, the wheel has spun back, now people want to write native code in Java, wh... (more…)

The Loom project has been under work for several years now. Preview versions are available, that give an idea of what it will bring to the Java platform. We ... (more…)