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Foreign Linker API outperforms JNI | The Two Minutes Tuesday 018 | Java Performance Test Result

Posted on 2. March 2021 by Markus Karg

The actual performance of the #ForeignLinkerAPI is amazing, once you do one small trick: Resuse native memory! It has the potential to outperform #JNI with whopping 6.8 millions native invocations per seconds already, compared to 7 millions in pure C++, … Continue reading →

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What’s next? | The Two Minutes Tuesday 017 | Announcement of Live Show

Posted on 16. February 2021 by Markus Karg

If you ever wanted to know the correct pronounciation of “Eclipse Theia”, stay tuned for this week’s LIVE STREAM on Friday 20:00 CET: My guest in #ToniteWithMe this week is #Gitpod CEO Sven Efftinge from TypeFox! If you like this … Continue reading →

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Pattern matching for “instanceof” in JDK16 | The Two Minutes Tuesday 016

Posted on 25. January 2021 by Markus Karg

The new pattern matching enhancement for the instanceof operator in #Java16 spares you a lot of typing, and makes the code more concise and much easier to understand! #JDK16 is stable and will be released in March. Time to look … Continue reading →

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New Game New Luck | The Two Minutes Tuesday 015

Posted on 12. January 2021 by Markus Karg

Sitting in a f*ing cold studio I wonder what video you would love me to record next! The year 2021 is here, and I am bringing modern and cloud-native Java to some of my favorite open source projects: Speeding up … Continue reading →

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Drawing winners of Pocket Sky give-aways – The Two Minutes Tuesday 013

Posted on 15. December 2020 by Markus Karg

Hey guys! Watch me drawing the winners of two Pocket Sky wearables donated by Active Wearables (https://www.pocket-sky.com/). The reactions to the review video was overwhelming! Thanks to everybody! Unfortunately we only have TWO give-aways, so good luck with the drawing! … Continue reading →

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Grab a Pocket Sky give-away! – The Two Minutes Tuesday 012

Posted on 28. November 2020 by Markus Karg

Hey guys! Be lucky and get one of two free Pocket Sky wearables donated by Active Wearables (https://www.pocket-sky.com/). Time to sum up after one month of testing light-therapy-to-go. Does Pocket Sky work? Is there a risk? Is it worth the … Continue reading →

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Jakarta EE 9 is here SOON! – The Two Minutes Tuesday 011

Posted on 17. November 2020 by Markus Karg

Hey guys! Jakarta EE 9 is here ON FRIDAY and you should IMMEDIATELY MIGRATE your existing applications — even if there are no new features in the box. As future versions of Jakarta EE will provide lots of new feature, … Continue reading →

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Fighting Winter Blues with Pocket Sky! – The Two Minutes Tuesday 010

Posted on 3. November 2020 by Markus Karg

Hey guys! In today’s tech review I’m unboxing “Pocket Sky”: A really cool and stylish lifestyle wearable which allegedly reduces tiredness, winter blues, and jet lag and helps shift workers. In one month we will see what my résumé is! … Continue reading →

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