Over some time in different jobs, I came across a need for several utilities that I couldn't find available at the time. And I saw that I needed them several... (more…)

You can use this guide to understand how to connect to and query any database in Java. Covers JDBC API, as well as frameworks like Hibernate, jOOQ or Spring Data. (more…)

End User Monitoring done easy in inspectIT 1.8 NovaTec Blog... (more…)

Statistically rigorous Java performance evaluation Georges et al., OOPSLA’07 This paper won the 10-year most influential paper award at OOPSLA this year. Many of the papers we look at on this blog … (more…)

Garbage collection (GC) has been one of Java's most compelling features since its inception. Allowing developers to focus on the core functionality of their application instead of memory management. (more…)