Performance
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Scala
Scaling Scala vs Java
In my previous post I showed how it makes no sense to benchmark Scala against Java, and concluded by saying…
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Scala
Benchmarking Scala against Java
A question recently came up at work about benchmarks between Java and Scala. Maybe you came across my blog post…
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Enterprise Java
Performance Analysis of REST/HTTP Services with JMeter and Yourkit
My last post described how to accomplish stress- or load-testing of asynchronous REST/HTTP services with JMeter. However, running such tests…
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Software Development
Opinion: Performance Testing
Performance tuning an application is time consuming, and expensive. Useful tests often need dedicated hardware to run on. It’s specialised…
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Enterprise Java
NUMA architecture and Java
Time to deploy your application, looking forward to procure hardware that suits best to the load requirements. Boxes with 40…
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Software Development
Single Writer Principle
When trying to build a highly scalable system the single biggest limitation on scalability is having multiple writers contend for…
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Enterprise Java
Smart Batching
How often have we all heard that “batching” will increase latency? As someone with a passion for low-latency systems this…
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Enterprise Java
Smart Batching
How often have we all heard that “batching” will increase latency? As someone with a passion for low-latency systems this…
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Core Java
Java Lock Implementations
We all use 3rd party libraries as a normal part of development. Generally, we have no control over their internals.…
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