The Setter-by-Default Mentality is Killing Your Design
Getters and Setters. I believe you have auto-generated these before. It is…
Software Transactional Memory: The Best Concurrency Model You (Probably) Aren’t Using
If you’re reading this blog post, I’m sure you’ve come across the…
From synchronized to StampedLock: how Java optimized read-heavy concurrency
We have seen in our previous posts on TAS, TTAS, Ticket, and…
Why LongAdder is Not an “AtomicLong V2”
Maybe it is time you replace your AtomicLong with a LongAdder? Both…
The Set-to-List Shuffle: A Hidden Performance Tax
I am sure if you are reading this blog post, you have…
Advanced Spinlocks in Java: TAS, TTAS, Ticket, and MCS – Part 2
In our previous post, we discussed some advanced spinlock mechanisms in Java.…
Advanced Spinlocks in Java: TAS, TTAS, Ticket, and MCS
In any multicore system, threads will compete for shared data. If two…
Avoid Wrapper Types in Numeric Stream Pipelines
Ever since the introduction of Java Streams, a lot of everyday loop…
Java protected: overly protected or just protected?
What is the Java protected keyword? I’m sure you’ve been asked this…
Memory Ordering in Java: Opaque, Acquire/Release, Volatile
I came across the paper “The Silently Shifting Semicolon.” The authors argue…
