Increasing heap size – beware of the Cobra Effect

The term ‘Cobra effect’ stems from an anecdote set at the time of British rule of colonial India. The British…

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Do you get Just-in-time compilation?

Remember the last time when you were laughed at by C-developers? That the Java is so slooooow that they would…

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Who is stealing your memory? The Application Servers Edition

You create an amazing app. You put it into production. And you notice that you justdo not have enough memory…

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Busting PermGen Myths

In my latest post I explained the reasons that can cause the java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space crashes. Now it is time…

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What is a PermGen leak?

What follows is a practical introduction to a specific type of memory problems in Java applications. Namely – we will…

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How much memory do I need

What is retained heap? How much memory will I need? This is a question you might have asked yourself (or…

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How many Java developers are there in the world?

Oracle says it’s 9,000,000. Wikipedia claims it’s 10,000,000. And the guys from NumberOf.net seem to be the most precise –…

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