Let me start with an admission: it took me weeks to work out what to talk about for the Java issue of De Programmatica Ipsum. There is just so much to it. (more…)

I discovered a bug in how Java handles file paths on Windows that has existed for 22 years. I reported the bug, JDK-8262277, then I submitted a pull request fixing the bug which got accepted. I also submitted pull requests to Spring (which were accepted f... (more…)

I heard some are moving from JavaScript to Dart. Well, my journey was a bit different: I moved from Java to Dart. And, part of adwords…...

So how long does it take to learn Java? Ten years, ten weeks, or one day? Maybe your whole life? You may find very peculiar answers to this question on some online forums. Let’s make it clear from the very beginning... (more…)

The Google App Engine Standard Java runtime has been released as open source. (more…)