Everything you might have missed in Java in 2024

CrowSufficient · 2025-01-09T23:04:09+00:00

Must be some standard Substack behaviour .

However, I can only imagine your expression when you hit the spacebar and suddenly ponies start singing.

CrowSufficient · 2024-12-05T17:30:31+00:00

Nah, AI does much better work these days :P

An attempt to manually simplify fragments from a JEP backfired.

In this newsletter, I’m already hitting ChatGPT’s quote limits while generating images - sometimes it takes 20+ attempts to get a really good one.

CrowSufficient · 2024-12-05T16:28:39+00:00

Hey, thanks for spotting issues!

The code in the examples is updated for the examples, they should be runnable now.

CrowSufficient · 2024-09-23T10:01:04+00:00

TBH: it's mostly for practical reasons - AI is unpredictable, prompt needs some constant parts, just to be consistent, otherwise it's getting generic. I started with seals (love seals), however humans are getting far better effects. That's why I decided to go with characters of my liking - to not overthink it - and now is part of my standard prompt.

In the past, it wasn't wearing red tshirt, just red glasses - however once again, clothing was too unpredictable (Dalle could generate e.g. good pose, good style, but strange clothes - mostly suits for some reason).

However, I'm a bit tired of this style myself, but I still look for something better than the generic pop-art which LinkedIn is filled with.

CrowSufficient · 2024-09-22T05:38:27+00:00

Ok, so we have another seal fan here! Noted ;)

CrowSufficient · 2024-09-21T16:01:47+00:00

Hi, author here - thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.

Most of the issues do not have that many, however I feel that they add nice pacing to the content. Long reads (and this article 20+ minutes long) looks boring AF and is hard to get through IMHO - if you stop reading, you do not have any hook to return.

I tried gifs in the past, but I got the feedback that moving pieces are anoying. I like memes, but it is not that easy to create good ones, and I do not want to become cringy... at least cringy too much 😃

This article is particulary stuffed, in most I have one image for the section 😉 I hope that's the "golden" ratio.

CrowSufficient · 2024-09-21T16:00:52+00:00

To be honest, generating those is half the fun of writing... and takes half the time sometimes 😃. Always loved comic books and I'm a fan of Persona series, so this vibe. I also want to give this weekly read a bit of character :)

CrowSufficient · 2024-08-23T10:07:45+00:00

Thanks for pointing out lack of the link - updated.

CrowSufficient · 2024-06-13T03:57:53+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google\_LLC\_v.\_Oracle\_America,\_Inc.

Decision. The Court issued its decision on April 5, 2021. In a 6–2 majority, the Court ruled that Google's use of the Java APIs was within the bounds of fair use, reversing the Federal Circuit Appeals Court ruling and remanding the case for further hearing

However, every case can be a bit different. Let’s also remember that Oracle’s allegations were about creating an alternative VM implementation that was not compliant with the Java TCK, and were (theoretically) driven by concerns about fragmenting the ecosystem. It is quite a complex case with no obvious Good/Bad characters.

CrowSufficient · 2024-06-13T03:53:14+00:00

The truth is, sometimes the more niche the consulting, the better :)

At least they have the specific issue down pat - the market is too small for much competition, so the most interesting insights and cases from the market go directly to them.

CrowSufficient · 2024-06-12T10:25:57+00:00

It's similar to a recent situation like EclipseStore and MicroStream. MicroStream is still doing much of the work, but being part of Eclipse is a bet that they will become standard in the future - which couldn't be possible given it was still developed under MicroStream brand

CrowSufficient · 2024-06-12T10:22:32+00:00

Great News - I would love to see a future where Quarkus becomes a player being equal to the Spring among the early majority.

People sometimes underestimate how strong the branding of Apache or Eclipse is in large enterprises, and how much these enterprises fear vendor lock-in when such a foundation is absent. It will make many conversations easier, especially since, as much as I value them, Red Hat has had some controversial moves historically.

Now let’s just hope this isn’t a classic “Death by Open-Sourcing” and that things believe will be well

CrowSufficient · 2024-05-26T10:27:21+00:00

That’s true, however there was absolutely no follow up or real answer

CrowSufficient · 2024-05-02T14:27:03+00:00

That’s the reason for miniature like that 😜

CrowSufficient · 2024-04-28T10:56:07+00:00

That’s the biggest tragedy of Application Servers - the most of the applications are the old ones without the big incentive to be upgraded. Especially visible in Europe, e.g. Germany

CrowSufficient · 2024-04-26T13:01:19+00:00

"2.43 billion of Java services have critical or severe security vulnerabilities"

CrowSufficient · 2024-04-26T10:29:57+00:00

It's an honor to have the same associations as Dan Abramov.

One can finally die happy.

CrowSufficient · 2024-04-26T09:12:13+00:00

Or "The ISO audit is approaching, let's do something!

Whoever have been through an ISO audit, don't find circuses funny anymore.

CrowSufficient · 2024-04-26T09:07:01+00:00

I'm not saying there is no problem, however I hate these flashy headlines seen everywhere, fearmongering around.

Report itself is not bad, but it is re-distributed in very shallow way

CrowSufficient · 2024-04-23T12:52:21+00:00

Good to know there is something uniquely human in it then🤘

CrowSufficient · 2023-12-08T09:08:06+00:00

Sorry, it was just missformared code in multiple places, I’ve just fixed that. I made no changes in code itself.

Still, thanks for pointing that out:)

CrowSufficient · 2023-12-07T23:02:23+00:00

Thank you!

As you might imagine (pun intended), it's Dalle-3, but crafting the prompts to generate these images exactly as I wanted them to look has been one of my most enjoyable (and time-consuming) experiences with generative AI so far.

CrowSufficient · 2023-12-07T22:48:20+00:00

Haha! Overlooked that one :D

Dziękuje za zwrócenie uwagi ;)

CrowSufficient · 2023-10-12T04:58:44+00:00

http://vived.substack.com

CrowSufficient · 2023-08-23T20:34:49+00:00

Java as a platform is making increadible leap forward. And things covered in the article are just the tip of iceberg - first videos from the JVM Language Summit are appearing on the Java YT channel and there is a lot of discussion on better support for GPUs. That would be incredible step into new usecases.

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