1. Spring and Java
>> Spring AI Agentic Patterns (Part 2): AskUserQuestionTool – Agents That Clarify Before Acting [spring.io]
>> Spring AI Agentic Patterns (Part 3): Why Your AI Agent Forgets Tasks (And How to Fix It) [spring.io]
An excellent deep dive into agentic patterns within Spring. Worth reading even if you’re not planning an implementation soon.
Also worth reading:
- >> Jakarta Persistence 4.0 Milestone 1 [hibernate.org]
- >> OpenJDK January 2026 Critical Patch Update and Patch Set Update Released [foojay.io]
- >> The Ultimate 10 Years Java Garbage Collection Guide (2016–2026) – Choosing the Right GC for Every Workload [foojay.io]
- >> Functional Optics for Modern Java – Part 2 [scottlogic.com]
- >> Command completion: IntelliJ IDEA with less shortcuts [maritvandijk.com]
- >> STF Milestone 8: Improved parallel test execution [marcphilipp.de]
- >> Optimizing GPU Programs from Java using Babylon and HAT [openjdk.org]
- >> How to Avoid Common Pitfalls With JPA and Kotlin [jetbrains.com]
Webinars and presentations:
- >> Spring AI: Agentic Patterns & MCP Integration
- >> 1B Rows with the Memory API – JEP Cafe #25 [inside.java]
Time to upgrade:
- >> Spring Framework 7.0.3 Available Now [spring.io]
- >> Spring Security 7.1.0-M1 Available Now [spring.io]
- >> Spring Data 2025.1.2 & 2025.0.8 Released [spring.io]
- >> Spring for Apache Pulsar 1.2.14 and 2.0.2 [spring.io]
- >> Quarkus 3.30.7 and Quarkus 3.27.2 and Quarkus 3.20.5 [quarkus.io]
- >> WildFly 39 Released [wildfly.org]
- >> Gradle 9.3.0 Released [gradle.org]
- >> Hibernate ORM 7.2.1.Final Released [hibernate.org]
- >> Elasticsearch 9.2.4 Released [elastic.co]
- >> Eclipse Vert.x 5.0.7 & 4.5.24 Released [vertx.io]
- >> JobRunr 8.4.0 Released [jobrunr.io]
2. Technical & Musings
Also worth reading:
- >> Documentation as Code with AsciiDoctor, GitLab CI, and GitLab Pages [foojay.io]
- >> On rebuilding read models, Dead-Letter Queues and Why Letting Go is Sometimes the Answer [event-driven.io]
- >> Some Thoughts on the Open Web [mnot.net]
- >> Who Decides Who Doesn’t Deserve Privacy? [troyhunt.com]
3. Pick of the Week
>> 8 Logical Fallacies That Mess Us All Up [markmanson.net]
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