1. Spring and Java
>> Micronaut Framework 4.7.0 Provides Integration with LangChain4j and Graal Languages [infoq.com]
The recent version of the Micronaut framework provides support for integrating LLMs in Java applications through LangChain4J. This already includes a good number of language models and embedding stores, and likely more are coming.
>> Quality Outreach Heads-up – JDK 25: Proposal to Deprecate for Removal -UseCompressedClassPointers [inside.java]
The OpenJDK Quality Group is asking for feedback on removing the -UseCompressedClassPointers argument, given that the benefit brought has been minimal, and 32-bit architectures are less and less supported.
Also worth reading:
- >> Let’s deadlock all the things. [michael-simons.eu]
- >> Spring Data Neo4j: How to update an entity [foojay.io]
Webinars and presentations:
- >> A Bootiful Podcast: ‘Just Use Postgres!’ author Denis Magda [spring.io]
- >> Modern Java Deep Dive [inside.java]
- >> Presentation: Zero Waste, Radical Magic, and Italian Graft – Quarkus Efficiency Secrets [infoq.com]
- >> Foojay Podcast #66: Let’s Talk About Java Code! Diving into a few Foojay blog posts… [foojay.io]
Time to upgrade:
- >> Announcing Graal Development Kit for Micronaut 4.7.3 [oracle.com]
- >> Hibernate Reactive 2.4.5.Final released [in.relation.to]
- >> quarkus 3.18.2 [github.com/quarkusio]
- >> generator-jhipster v8.9.0 [github.com/jhipster]
- >> vert.x 4.5.13 [github.com/eclipse-vertx]
- >> Elasticsearch 8.17.2 [github.com/elastic]
- >> Micronaut Core 4.8.2 [github.com/micronaut-projects]
- >> camel-4.10.0 [github.com/apache]
2. Technical & Musings
>> The DeepSeek Series: A Technical Overview [martinfowler.com]
An overview of technical papers published by DeepSeek before the release of their disruptive model, with a focus on lowering costs and memory overhead.
Also worth reading:
- >> DeepSeek-R1’s strong zero-shot performance on agentic tasks [krasserm.github.io]
- >> Seeking Purity [pocoo.org]
- >> Pull request testing on Kubernetes [frankel.ch]
- >> MySQL Performance Tuning with Releem [vladmihalcea.com]
- >> Apple’s Best Option: Decentralize iCloud [mnot.net]
3. Pick of the Week
This:
>> Context-switching is the main productivity killer for developers [techworld-with-milan.com]
