Reactive Cassandra

Or an adventure on reading data reactively from Cassandra. Overview Let’s first try to define what reactive means from programming…

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Java, the Steam controller and me

Do you ever wondered if you could use existing stuff for something new? I saw some footage of the so-called…

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Big Data the ‘reactive’ way

A metatrend going on in the IT industry is a shift from query-based, batch oriented systems to (soft) realtime updated…

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(Part 2 of 3): Synopsis of articles & videos on Performance tuning, JVM, GC in Java, Mechanical Sympathy, et al

This is a continuation of the previous post titled (Part 1 of 3): Synopsis of articles & videos on Performance tuning,…

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ArrayList vs LinkedList

I must confess the title of this post is a little bit catchy. I have recently read this blog post…

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WebSocket and Java

WebSocket is a cool new(ish) technology that allows real-time, two-way communication between the browser and the server, with almost no…

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Applying ForkJoin – from optimal to fast

JDK 7 is well into the hands of developers by now and most people have heard of ForkJoin, yet not…

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Anatomy of a Java Decompiler

A decompiler, simply put, attempts to reverse the transformation of source code to object code. But there are many interesting…

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Using Intel Performance Counters To Tune Garbage Collection

Introduction I have to admit that I was shocked. Indeed, quite shaken when I realised this advent calendar post would…

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