{"id":4101,"date":"2026-08-06T04:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucumandevelopers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/java-annotated-monthly-august-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T04:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:25:41","slug":"java-annotated-monthly-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucumandevelopers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/java-annotated-monthly-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Annotated Monthly \u2013 August 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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July gave the tech world plenty to talk about, from fresh releases and useful tutorials to Kotlin updates, AI experiments, and new ideas across the wider ecosystem. We packed the best of it into one issue, so you can skip scrolling and get straight to the good stuff. To top it all off, Donald Raab joins us as this month\u2019s featured author.<\/p>\n

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Donald Raab<\/h4>\n

Donald Raab is a Java Champion and creator of the open source Java library Eclipse Collections. He is an international Java and open source conference speaker. Don is the author of the book Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level Up Your Programming Game<\/em> and was a contributing author to 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know<\/em> from O\u2019Reilly Media. He was a member of the JSR (Java Specification Request) 335 Expert Group, and has served on the JCP (Java Community Process) Executive Committee for two financial services firms. Donald was the winner of the JCP Member\/Participant of the Year Award for 2025. He blogs regularly on his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

If there is one blog post you read this month, then I hope it will be The Official Java Documentary<\/a> by Stuart Marks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The importance of telling our Java stories<\/h3>\n

We all have stories to tell, but they sometimes only get told when we tell them. Jim Grisanzio shared an archive of 77 Duke\u2019s Corner Podcasts<\/a>, which is a literal treasure trove of Java stories. I am ecstatic to see Java Champions like Rustam Mehmandarov<\/a> blogging again. Write more please!<\/p>\n

In Level Up Your Programming Game With a Java Book and Smalltalk<\/a>, I tell the story of creating an open source Java library and writing a Java book inspired by my experience as a former Smalltalk developer.<\/p>\n

Memory efficiency is back, and it\u2019s coming for your allocations<\/h3>\n

In Why You Should Tune Code Before Your Garbage Collector<\/a>, Peter Lawrey explains why optimizing memory allocation might make a bigger difference than your choice of garbage collector. As I like to say, the easiest garbage to collect is the garbage you didn\u2019t create.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve written a lot in the past four months about memory efficiency in Java. In Save Memory in Java by Making Memory Efficiency Your Top Priority<\/a>, you will find many of the blog posts I have written recently about this topic. I\u2019ve been teaching Java developers how to write code like it\u2019s 2004 again, but with all the cool new Java language features.<\/p>\n

Java News<\/h2>\n

Catch up on the latest updates:<\/p>\n