A first look at how Java 14’s data records will change the way you code... (more…)

This is the return code blog, tech and other stuff. (more…)

Beginner approach to creating RestFul APIs using Java’s spring boot framework including controllers, maven, pom.xml, MySQL, Java Repository and many more. (more…)

In 64-bit Hotspot, Java objects have an object header of 128 bits: a 64 bit multi-purpose header (‘mark’ or ‘lock’) word and a 64-bit class pointer. With typical average object sizes of 5-6 words, this is quite significant: 2 of those words are al... (more…)

I just fixed a bug. The fix required me to initialise an Object[] array with the init values for each type, instead of just null, i.e. false for boolean, 0 for int, 0.0 for double, etc. So, instead… (more…)