Almost all of Twitter’s services run on the Java Virtual Machine platform. We have a team of engineers who work on performance improvements to our own custom version of the OpenJDK JVM. We ar... (more…)

It obviously cannot be any type that we ordinarily encounter. A variable of type String cannot hold a value of type Object — the Liskov substitution properties simply do not work that way round. The… (more…)

Distribution: Ubuntu 16.04 x64 (Flavour: KDE Neon User Edition 5.10)... (more…)

Java is known for having an insatiable appetite for resources, requiring strict controls to not exceed budget limits. However, the latest JDK updates and other developments have helped to make Java runtime extremely flexible in terms of memory usage. When... (more…)

Mark started the meeting by thanking everyone for joining. He immediately introduced Brian Goetz as the meeting moderator, who would ensure that everyone has a chance to be heard and keep the conversation running smoothly. (more…)