Welcome to MikeDaDev's Blog – notes on Java, backend & system design.
ExploreA close look at Java 25 LTS: Compact Object Headers (JEP 519), Stream Gatherers (JEP 485), Flexible Constructor Bodies (JEP 513), Scoped Values (JEP 506) and Generational ZGC, with notes on what they change for high-throughput cloud services.
A practical guide to building observable Spring microservices with Logback, MDC and distributed tracing: the patterns that work, the traps teams fall into, and fixes that held up in production.
A practical look at backpressure and concurrency limits in Java: how java.util.concurrent.Semaphore works on top of AbstractQueuedSynchronizer (AQS), why Virtual Threads waiting on it unmount instead of pinning their carrier, how to size the limit with Little’s Law, and patterns that hold up in production.
