Erik's Weblog

New Features in Java 27 #java #jdk #jvm www.baeldung.com/java-27-new-f… # The State of Kotlin in 2026 Report #java #jetbrains #kotlin blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026… # The Java 21 Doomsday Clock Countdown #java #jdk #jvm #oracle foojay.io/today/the-java-2…

How much will post-quantum migration cost your Java codebase?

How To Write Great Java Apps With LLMs and Agents #agents #ai #conference #java #javaone #llm #oracle youtube.com/watch?

Disconnected.

EclipseLink Release 5.0.2 #eclipse #eclipselink #jakartaee #jakartapersistence #java github.com/eclipse-ee4j/eclips… # I've just released version 1.4.0 of the Tools for bld Extensions #bld #buildsystem #buildtool #github #helper #java #lib #tools github.c…

F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom #android #app #fdroid #java #kotlin #repository f-droid.org/2026/09/24/f-droid… # Inside Java Podcast: Security in Java #java #jdk #openjdk #oracle #podcast #security youtube.com/watch?

A high-stakes reinvention of the classic, Treasure Island follows teenager Jim Hawkins and his formidable mother Bess as they’re pulled into a deadly race for the treasure of the infamous Captain Flint.

Kitty 0.49 Terminal Emulator Lands With Custom Shaders and Faster Performance #emulator #linux #terminal #tkitty linuxiac.com/kitty-0-49-termin… #

When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president is forced to drive the presidential limousine and unlock the full extent of The Beast’s highly classified offensive capabilities to save his injured Secret Service…

In Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn (Sam Rockwell) is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder and a multimedia star named Venus Nova (Scarlett Johansson).

JetBrains Air: Building a System of Products for Agentic Software Development #agentic #agents #ai #ide #jetbrains JetBrains Air: Building a Syst… # JetBrains Air: Building a System of Products for Agentic Software Development #agentic #agents #ai #ide #j…

Second night back on CPAP after years of being off.

Ktor 3.6.0 Is Now Available!

Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth, only this time it’s 1977 and it’s a very different Hollywood.

Batman has fallen and a new Dark Knight must rise.

Sodam Chicken on Everett Mall Way.

The Arrival of Java 27!

Pure java build tool for developers who don't like dealing with build tools Alongside the 3.0 release of bld, all extensions have been updated: Checkstyle extension Command Line Execution extension Generated Version extension JaCoCo Report extension JBang…

A friendly guide to getting what you’re owed.

Follows sixteen-year-old Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) from District 12, beginning on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Annual Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell, the biggest Games yet with twice as many tributes.

Desperate to pay their son's ransom, a mayoral candidate and his wife resort to extreme measures, revealing dark secrets they never intended to bring to light.

I've just released version 1.2.0 of the Checkstyle Extension for bld #bld #buildsystem #buildtool #checkstyle #github #java github.com/rife2/bld-checkstyl… # I've just released version 1.2.0 of the Kotlin Extension for bld #bld #buildsystem #buildtool #gi…

bld 3.0.1 is out!

I've just released version 1.1.1 of the Testing Helpers for bld #bld #buildsystem #buildtool #github #helper #java #lib #testing github.com/rife2/bld-testing-h… #

I've just released version 1.4.0 of the Command Line Execution Extension for bld #bld #buildsystem #buildtool #cli #github #java github.com/rife2/bld-exec/rele… #

RIFE2 1.10.0 is out!

What’s New in Jackson 3?

bld 3.0.0 is out!

Pickup up meds before my infusion...

I've just released version 1.2.0 of the JUnit Reporter Extension for bld #bld #buildsystem #buildtool #github #java #junit #testing github.com/rife2/bld-junit-rep… # I've just released version 1.3.0 of the Tools for bld Extensions #bld #buildsystem #build…

A man.

I've just released version 1.1.0 of the Testing Helpers for bld Extensions #bld #buildsystem #buildtool #github #helper #java #lib #testing github.com/rife2/bld-testing-h… # Autoboxing in Java #autoboxing #java #jvm gauravrshegekar.substack.com/p… #

Kotlin 2.4.20 Released #java #jetbrains #kotlin blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026… # Antigravity Brain Visualizer v0.6: Single-pass Gemini 3.8 Flash analysis, artifacts, token estimation #ai #antigravity #gemini #google #java glaforge.dev/posts/2026/09/07/… #

Out of the way but great burgers.

Announcing the Google Gen AI SDK for Kotlin 1.0: Idiomatic multiplatform access to Gemini #ai #gemini #google #java #jetbrains #kotlin cloud.google.com/blog/topics/d… #

Announcing Rust 1.98.1 #rustlang blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/03/… #