Think About Memory: How to Write Fast Java Code
This presentation discusses things that affect (CPU bound) performance of Java code. A key message is that Java developers DO need to worry about memory, even if garbage collection rarely is a problem.
Frameworks Unplugged: Building Distributed Systems in Pure Java
Building a hello-world REST example in spring-boot does not take more than a couple of minutes. ChatGPT generates it within seconds (including the maven files), and the example will probably let you pass java programming 101.
Performance Testing Java Applications
Every so often, you will read a performance benchmark (of a Java or other language application), with bold claims for how well X performs compared to Y. Testing the performance of your Java application is more an art form rather than engineering, and is a minefield of misconceptions, misunderstanding, and …
Simple and Modern Java Microservices in the Cloud
Today, long gone are the days of ceremony and Java development should be productivity, simplicity. Let’s look at how we make it happen, in the context of startups going FAST. This presentation describes a software architecture approach used by the speaker, and what, sometimes unorthodox, technology and design choices have …
The Secrets of the Fastest Java Developers
Learn to write Java code faster so that you can experiment more with the design and find the simplest solution to your problem.
Decoding The Java Technical Interview Process
Have you ever gone through a Java technical interview only to realize how horribly broken the process is? Do we really need to know the Big-O runtime of our code on a day-to-day basis, or is there a more practical way we can test this knowledge?