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A Functional Approach to Java: Augmenting Object-Oriented Java Code with Functional Principles

A Functional Approach to Java: Augmenting Object-Oriented Java Code with Functional Principles

Augment your Java code with functional principles without going "fully functional."

2023

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My book, “A Functional Approach to Java,” is finally here!

I’m happy to announce that my book, “A Functional Approach to Java: Augmenting Object-Oriented Java Code with Functional Principles,” is…

May 19, 2023

My book, “A Functional Approach to Java,” is finally here!

May 19, 2023

Designing a Crash-Resilient Binary Format with Panama

Part 2: Framing, Checksums, and Making Disk Writes Honest

20h ago

Multiple wooden frames/mirrors leaning against a wall and each other

20h ago

Building a Storage Engine in Modern Java

Part 1: Append-Only, Memory Mapping, and Why Panama Changes the Rules

2d ago

View of multiple stories of the Stadtbibliothek inStuttgart-Mitte, Germany

2d ago

UUIDv7 in Java

Time-Ordered IDs for a Modern World

Dec 15, 2025

Many wooden drawers with labels containing Japanese dates

Dec 15, 2025

How Fast Are Streams Really?

A Realistic Look at Performance and When It Matters

Apr 29, 2025

A timelapse of a highway showing light streaks from car lights.

Apr 29, 2025

Taking Out the Trash in Java

An Overview of JVM Garbage Collection

Feb 8, 2025

Crumbled note next to a trash can

Feb 8, 2025

Why Everyone Talks About Zig

What’s All the Hype About?

Jan 21, 2025

IBM System/360 promotional photo, ca. 1965. A woman sits at a terminal, surrounded by a System/360 with red panels.

Jan 21, 2025

What Happens After We Hit Compile in Java?

How Bytecode Powers Portability and Performance

Jan 8, 2025

Trevor Pearcey (a British radar scientist who had emigrated to Australia after World War II) in front of CSIRAC, the the first stored-memory electronic computer in Australia.

Jan 8, 2025

Templating with Thymeleaf: Custom Dialects and More

Part 3: How to Extend the Template Engine

Nov 5, 2024

Templating with Thymeleaf: Custom Dialects and More

Nov 5, 2024

Templating with Thymeleaf: Fragments and Reusability

Part 2: How to Step Up Your Layout Game

Oct 25, 2024

Templating with Thymeleaf: Fragments and Reusability

Oct 25, 2024

Ben Weidig

Ben Weidig

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Software developer, entrepreneur, blogger. Mostly Java, sometimes Swift, Golang, Bash and all the other fun stuff.

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