Understanding How the Node.js Event Loop Works

Node.js is known for its ability to handle highly concurrent workloads using a single-threaded event-driven model. This design allows Node.js…

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Java Thread-per-Connection vs Thread-per-Request

This article explores how Java uses threads to manage client connections and process incoming requests. We will compare the thread-per-connection…

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Why Java Developers Are Switching to Go (And Why They’re Wrong)

Java has been the backbone of enterprise software for decades, but in recent years, Go (Golang)—created by Google—has gained traction, especially…

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Scalable Concurrency with Async/Await in Rust

Rust’s async/await syntax offers developers a powerful way to build concurrent systems without the traditional overhead of multithreading. Unlike synchronous…

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Using Executors.newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor() in Java

Java introduced virtual threads with Project Loom to simplify concurrency and improve the scalability of applications. Virtual threads are lightweight…

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Threadless Wonders

Before going into detail on this subject, I should point out that one experience does not itself make for a…

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Idiomatic concurrency: flatMap() vs. parallel() – RxJava FAQ

Simple, effective and safe concurrency was one of the design principles of RxJava. Yet, ironically, it’s probably one of the…

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Go: Multi-threaded writing to a CSV file

As part of a Go script I’ve been working on I wanted to write to a CSV file from multiple…

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Small scale stream processing kata. Part 1: thread pools

Once again I prepared a programming contest on GeeCON 2016 for my company. This time the assignment required designing and…

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