Smart Batching

How often have we all heard that “batching” will increase latency? As someone with a passion for low-latency systems this…

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Java Lock Implementations

We all use 3rd party libraries as a normal part of development. Generally, we have no control over their internals.…

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Java Sequential IO Performance

Many applications record a series of events to file-based storage for later use. This can be anything from logging and…

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Applying Back Pressure When Overloaded

How should a system respond when under sustained load? Should it keep accepting requests until its response times follow the…

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Native C/C++ Like Performance For Java Object Serialization

Do you ever wish you could turn a Java object into a stream of bytes as fast as it can…

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