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Allocation Pacing (AP) is a technique within the JVM of Azul Zulu Prime builds of OpenJDK to prevent long memory allocation delays.

Check out this overview of the functionality of the Garbage Collector and the things a developer should know.

Optional is a Java class that provides a way to handle null values in a type-safe and efficient manner. It can help you avoid null pointer exceptions, simplify your code, and improve its readability and maintainability. This tutorial will cover the features and use cases of Optional in Java, with practical examples of how to use it for handling nulls

Learn how to set up a service that hosts the Spring Cloud Config server and wire our Neo4j microservice as the config client service.

Java bytecode can be updated and controlled for many reasons, such as adding new features, instrumenting code for performance monitoring.

Kafka benchmarks aim to discuss low latency characteristics of Kafka. Instead, they appear to be configured for throughput rather than low latency.

Learn why when you use hyper-optimized Java runtimes instead of vanilla OpenJDK you do less tuning and debugging!

About 400x more instances can be run on the same hardware with Chronicle Queue for specific latency-sensitive EDA applications.

Learn how to use method chaining to add routing information to serialised data structures in a lightweight fashion!

Finding the right tech stack is a context-dependent journey. There’s no right or wrong, just a lot of different angles to explore!