Java 17 provides a large number of improvements to the generation of random numbers. We explore the new API and compare it with the original random number generators.

Learn why we see an unknown source in our Java exception stack trace and how can we fix it.

State of Valhalla, Quarkus 2.6, Native Spring, new coroutine release, Qodana code quality, and the holy grail of keyboard layouts! A good way to end the year :)

Learn the differences between the equals() and the contentEquals() methods of the String class in Java using practical examples.

Learn to set a Thread name in Java.

A quick and practical tutorial to embedding code samples in JavaDoc comments.

Learn how to convert a String to float and vice versa.

Learn why declaring a shared variable as volatile does not always guarantee thread-safety.

Interested to learn about KivaKit Clustering? Check our article explaining how to use KivaKit in a cluster with examples.

Interested to learn about AWS Lambda? Check our article explaining how Lambdas for REST and GRPC can be added to a KivaKit Microservice.

Interested to learn about Log4j? Check our article explaining how to mitigate the risk of log4j's zero-day exploit CVE-2021-44228.

Interested to learn about Queues? Check our article explaining how to Create Terabyte Sized Queues with Low-Latency

Interested to learn about Duplicate Elements? Check our article explaining Why a Set Can Contain Duplicate Elements

In this article, we'll learn to find all the jars containing a particular class.

All about distributed systems: fault tolerant JVM, circuit breaker for RestTemplate, tracing in Spring Boot and replicated log. Also, catching errors in Java and risk of micro-dependencies!

A quick and practical guide to Java 15's Hidden Classes.

Learn all about the InstantSource interface introduced in Java 17. Understand what problems it addresses, and how to use it.

Interested to learn about Message Formatting? Check our article explaining the Message Formatting and Template Expansions of the kernel.

Producing a string out of repeating a character or sequence can be done a variety of ways. We look at a few methods, and compare them for readability and efficiency.

Interested to learn about JAX-RS services? Check our article explaining how to expose your JAX-RS services over HTTP/2