Ask the Java Architects
summary
Six-month releases reduce release stress and let features ship when ready instead of forcing big bangs, with tooling like jdeps to find internal or deprecated API usage. Moving off Java 8 yields runtime gains without code changes: compact strings cut memory 10–25% and string deduplication helps more. Low-latency GC arrives as ZGC production-ready in JDK 15 with typical pauses under 10 ms. New lightweight virtual threads (Project Loom) let blocking code reach async throughput, cutting hardware costs.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:15Where do we go from here
- 12:42Moving to Java 8
- 13:42Moving to Java 9
- 15:19Compact Strings
- 18:06Cluster of Features
- 23:29Java GC
- 26:47Value of Java
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