Ever since IBM participated in a $15 million funding round into Lightbend, I’ve been following the use of Lightbend’s Reactive Platform… (more…)

Second part of Scala enumerations, after some discussions. Looking at enumerations libs overheads, and Java enums as an alternative.

The Java mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus)[2] is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. When it reaches maturity it is about the size of a rabbit, making it one of the smallest ungulates. It is found in forests in Java and perhaps Bali, a...

Java 9 is (almost) here and it’s time to check out what it has in store for us... (more…)

Many developers are (or should be) aware that Java processes running inside Linux containers (docker, rkt, runC, lxcfs, etc) don’t behave as expected when we let the JVM ergonomics set the de… (more…)