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Java Articles by Foojay.io

February, 2026

  • 21 February

    The Triforce That Slays Legacy Java Myths – Happy 40th Zelda!

    Author: Igor De Souza Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents The Triforce of Performance Improvements in Java 25 From 8-Bit to Open World – A Parallel Journey Java Has Leveled Up (Evolved) Happy 40th Anniversary to The Legend of Zelda! 🎉🗡️ Today, February 21, 2026, marks exactly 40 years since the original game launched in Japan on …

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  • 20 February

    Stop Writing YAML: Automating Your Repo with Plain Natural Language

    Author: Bruno Borges Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents What are GitHub Agentic Workflows?Security first: why this isn’t just “giving AI the keys”Live stream demos: what we builtThe quick start experienceTaking it further: porting upstream changes agentically back to a downstream projectWatch the replay! If you maintain a busy codebase, you already know the daily grind: triaging …

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  • 20 February

    A Visual Diff of Java’s Evolution: Inside java.evolved

    Author: A N M Bazlur Rahman Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Less Boilerplate, More IntentSafer Type Handling and Control FlowWhy It MattersConclusion A community project called java.evolved was recently launched to document how common Java coding patterns have changed across releases. Instead of explaining features in isolation, the site presents “before and after” examples: traditional idioms …

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  • 19 February

    Ports and Adapters in Java: Keeping Your Core Clean

    Author: Matteo Rossi Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents IntroductionWhy “Clean Core” Still Matters in 2026Hexagonal Architecture Recap Ports: Defining What the Core NeedsThe Domain Model Must Stay IgnorantMongoDB as an Adapter — Not a RepositoryMapping Between Domain and Persistence ModelsTesting: Where the Architecture Pays OffSpring Boot Without Letting It Take OverWhen MongoDB Does Influence DesignTrade-offs and Real-World …

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  • 18 February

    GlassFish 8 is here with Jakarta EE 11, virtual threads, and Jakarta Data

    Author: Ondro Mihalyi Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents OmniFish – Modern Jakarta EE Runtimes The final version of Eclipse GlassFish 8 is here, released on 5 February 2026. As a GlassFish committer, I’d like to share what it brings for the Java community and some behind-the-scenes stories from the development process Recently my company OmniFish published an …

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  • 18 February

    BoxLang NeoVim Plugin Released

    Author: Cristobal Escobar Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Why a Dedicated BoxLang Plugin?Why a Dedicated BoxLang Plugin?Dual-Syntax Architecture 1. BoxLang Script (.bx, .bxs) 2. BoxLang Templates (.bxm)Feature Highlights Comprehensive Language Support HTML Integration in Templates Expression Interpolation Code Folding Support Installation Lazy.nvim (Recommended for NeoVim) vim-plug Vundle Manual Installation File Extension DetectionCustomizationAdvanced Configuration Enable Folding BoxLang-Specific …

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  • 18 February

    First Test of Java on BeagleBoards (ARM and RISC-V)

    Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents ARM versus RISC-V?BeagleBoards Test Boards First Tests BeagleY-AI (ARM Processor) BeagleV-Fire (RISC-V Processor) BeagleV-Ahead (RISC-V Processor) PocketBeagle 2 2 (ARM Processor) Conclusion As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V), I’ve asked various suppliers to send …

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  • 17 February

    Optimizing the MongoDB Java Driver: How minor optimizations led to macro gains

    Author: Nasir Qureshi Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Getting the metrics rightHow we measured performance2. Java Virtual Machine (JVM) intrinsics3. Check and check again4. BSON null terminator detection with SWAR5. Avoiding redundant copies and allocations6. String Encoding, removing method indirection and redundant checks Lessons learned Donald Knuth, widely recognized as the ‘father of the analysis of algorithms,’ …

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  • 17 February

    Runtime Code Analysis in the Age of Vibe Coding

    Author: Suneet Kamath Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents What Makes This DifferentThe Gap in Java Tooling The Original Problem Why Existing Tools Don’t Fit How I Ended Up Building This A Real-World Bug How the Bug Appeared Why It Was Hard to Spot The Key Insight: Frequency ≠ Resource ConsumptionHow It Works Instrumentation The Report Machine-Readable …

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  • 17 February

    DevBcn, the developers’ conference in Barcelona

    Author: Jonathan Vila Original post on Foojay: Read More Hola developers !!!!! The 11th edition of DevBcn, the developer’s conference in Barcelona is coming next June. The perfect place to have great technology talks , perfect weather , amazing food , and an unforgettable experience . It will be hosted on the 16th and 17th of June 2026, in the World Trade Center …

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