Sanjoy Das, Software Engineer. Blog on compilers, computer science, math, programming, virtual machines. (more…)

This blog post is a reminder that you should make sure that all your builds in the Java ecosystem access the artifact repositories (e.g. Maven Central) via HTTPS instead of HTTP. This often just means replacing the ‘http:’ in repository URLs with ‘https:’... (more…)

Java enums will be enhanced with generics support and with the ability to add methods to individual items, a new JEP shows. Since both features can be delivered with the same code change, they are bundled together in the same JEP. The change only affects ...

The release of Java SE 15 in Sept 2020 will introduce "sealed classes" (JEP 360) as a preview feature. A sealed class is a class or interface which restricts which other classes or interfaces may extend it. Sealed classes, like enums, capture alternative... (more…)

Kotlin does a lot for us in the way of reducing boilerplate. But what is it really doing? (more…)