A clear Hibernate speedup and a new JSON API coming to Java.

IntelliJ IDEA Conf is back, JDK 27 got its first RC and JDK 28 is already looking solid

The three Loom pillars and, more importantly, the tooling. Plus IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 getting close.

A better spec-driven development and the brain as example architecture.

A better spec-driven development and the brain as example architecture.

Performance in Java is always getting better.

Monoliths, Java 28 and performance. A good week.

Spring + Jev, and the real use of unit testing.

JDK 28 is shaping up nicely. And an interesting harness experiment.

Java 21 to 25 upgrades and lots of solid security releases. As expected after the weeks we've had :)

Agentic refactoring which is actually cheap? Yes please.