Before your next #Java upgrade, ask: what do you actually gain? 18 new features. Real GC improvements. Production-ready optimizations. @__amahdy highlights the changes that impact performance, memory, and developer flow.
Make an informed move: https://javapro.io/2026/02/26/java-25-the-tldr-version/
#Java developers have complained about boilerplate for decades. #Java25’s compact source files aim to change that — making simple programs truly simple. @bazlur_rahman explains what’s new. Curious if this improves your workflow?
Curious what AI actually looks like in the Java ecosystem right now?
Join AI4J: The Intelligent Java Conference for practical sessions on LLMs, AI agents, and real-world Java use cases.
Going live on April 14: https://www.azul.com/webinars/ai4j-intelligent-java-conference/register/
Declarative pipelines. Lazy evaluation. Batched #Gatherers. #JavaStreams evolved into a flexible data processing framework. Mihaela Gheorghe-Roman offers a practical timeline from #Java 8 to 24—plus common pitfalls to avoid: https://javapro.io/2025/11/13/java-streams-evolution-from-java-8-to-today/
The #JVM warmup tax is real & #Java25 finally attacks it head-on. AOT profiling, Project Leyden speedups, and sharper #JFR events. @hannotify shows where you win #Performance back.
Steal the exact JEPs to cut startup + warmup time: https://javapro.io/2026/02/12/heres-java-25-ready-to-perform-to-the-limit/
⚠️ Warning: Friday the 13th detected!
Avoid deploying to production… or running your code without coffee ☕️
A little Java 25 script to see if today is cursed:
100k blocking tasks. A few seconds. On a laptop. With #VirtualThreads in #Java25, that’s reality. Mihaela Gheorghe-Roman explains what changed since #JDK21 & why thread-per-request is back. Still running huge thread pools?
Rethink: https://javapro.io/2026/03/05/java-25-and-the-new-age-of-performance-virtual-threads-and-beyond/
Thread leakage is the silent killer of “quick parallelization.” #StructuredConcurrency makes sure child tasks end with the parent scope—by design.
Learn the shutdown patterns + how they behave in failure scenarios: https://javapro.io/2026/01/28/how-to-do-structured-concurrency-in-java-25/
via @hannotify & Bram Janssens
Want faster warm-up without rewriting your app? #Java25 embeds profiles into AOT caches and upgrades Shenandoah GC. @__amahdy explains what this means for real workloads — not just release notes.
See what you gain before upgrading: https://javapro.io/2026/02/26/java-25-the-tldr-version/
Still wasting time on constructor workarounds just because super() must come first? #Java25 finally removes that 30-year limitation. @bazlur_rahman shows what it means for cleaner initialization. Worth the upgrade?
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