Can Java microservices be as fast as Go?
The real question is: which runtime shape do you want to operate, observe, tune, deploy, and live with in production?
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- New release: Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code 26.0.0 🎉 ✨ VS Code variables in extension settings ⚙️ Configurable formatter settings 📦 Custom Maven settings.xml path 🔧 Run Configuration improvements Powered by Apache NetBeans 29 and available now from VS
- JDK 26 performance improvements are here. ⚡ G1 GC reduces synchronization to improve throughput 📦 Ahead-of-time object caching now works with any GC 🌱 Smaller default initial heap size 🧵 Ongoing virtual thread runtime improvements A look at the runtime and performance work
- 🔒 “final” should mean final—and in JDK 26, it finally does (almost). With JEP 500, Java is tightening the rules: ⚠️ Warnings for reflective mutation of final fields ⚙️ New flags to manage legacy behavior 🚀 A path toward stronger integrity & better performance Time to rethink
- 🚀New release: Java Platform Extension for @code in VS Code (v25.1.0)! ✨ Highlights: • Full support for JDK 26 (incl. preview features) • Enhanced Java Notebooks w/ runtime VM options • Improved JDK downloader UX • Plus bug fixes & performance updates Built on Apache
