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Book Giveaway
Hi! Is anyone interested in one of these books? If so please follow/retweet and tell me which book. Thanx!…
Added by Adam Davis on November 5, 2018 at 9:30pm — No Comments
Learning Groovy and Self-publishing
What is Groovy and why should I care?
Hello again, it's me, Adam. Earlier this year, I finished my self-published book, Learning Groovy,…
ContinueAdded by Adam Davis on May 25, 2016 at 3:00pm — No Comments
Java 7 EOL
Just a reminder: Oracle plans to stop updating Java 7 in April of this year (next month).
As outlined in the Oracle JDK Support Roadmap, after April 2015, Oracle will not post further updates of Java SE 7 to its public download sites.
This might be a good time to read …
ContinueAdded by Adam Davis on March 4, 2015 at 10:22pm — No Comments
Hot New Language (Groovy)
Slightly modified from original post: http://adamldavis.com/
There’s a hot new programming language that I’m excited about. It can be used dynamically or statically-typed, your choice. It supports functional programming constructs, including first-class functions, currying, and more. It has multiple-inheritance, type inference, and meta-programming. It also integrates really well…
ContinueAdded by Adam Davis on February 28, 2015 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments
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Java News Roundup: Jakarta EE 12, Spring Shell, Open Liberty, Quarkus, Tomcat, JHipster, Gradle
This week's Java roundup for January 26th, 2026, features news highlighting: an update on milestone and GA release schedule for Jakarta EE 12; the January 2026 edition of Open Liberty; a point release of Quarkus; maintenance releases of Spring Shell, Apache Tomcat and Gradle; and the first and second beta releases of JHipster 9.0.
By Michael RedlichChainguard Finds 98% of Container CVEs Lurking outside the Top 20 Images
The latest State of Trusted Open Source report from Chainguard gives details on current industry thinking about vulnerabilities in container images and the long tail of open-source dependencies. The report offers a data-driven view of production environments based on more than 1,800 container image projects and 10,100 vulnerability instances observed between September and November 2025.
By Matt SaundersOpenAI Launches Prism, a Free LaTeX-Native Workspace with Integrated GPT-5.2
OpenAI has released Prism, a free, cloud-based LaTeX workspace designed for academic writing and collaboration, with GPT-5.2 integrated directly into the authoring environment. The platform combines document editing, compilation, citation management, and AI-assisted revision in a single web-based workspace, aimed at researchers producing long-form scientific documents.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiOpenEverest: Open Source Platform for Database Automation
Percona recently announced OpenEverest, an open-source platform for automated database provisioning and management that supports multiple database technologies. Launched initially as Percona Everest, OpenEverest can be hosted on any Kubernetes infrastructure, in the cloud, or on-premises.
By Renato LosioGoogle Introduces Managed Connection Pooling for AlloyDB
Google Cloud has launched managed connection pooling for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, boosting client connections by 3x and transactional throughput by up to 5x. This feature simplifies database management by automating connection management and reducing latency.
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