Wednesday Links - Edition 2021-04-28

#java #jvm #database #saas

JVM is a good choice if you worry about the Earth (30m read) 🤩
https://mobile.twitter.com/MIT_CSAIL/status/1385269509188096004

Consider use timestamp instead of boolean in your DB (3m read) 📆
https://changelog.com/posts/you-might-as-well-timestamp-it

GraalVM seems not to be production ready yet (30s read) 💩
https://twitter.com/bsideup/status/1386591251764482048

Have you known that you can compile your Java code to older bytecode version? Here you can check how it works (10m read) ⚙️
https://www.morling.dev/blog/the-anatomy-of-ct-sym-how-javac-ensures-backwards-compatibility/

Do you need compile time reflection in Kotlin? Here you have (4m read) ⛑
https://github.com/JetBrains-Research/reflekt

How I Cut 22.3 Seconds Off an API Call with Sentry 🕒

Struggling with slow API calls? Dan Mindru walks through how he used Sentry's new Trace View feature to shave off 22.3 seconds from an API call.

Get a practical walkthrough of how to identify bottlenecks, split tasks into multiple parallel tasks, identify slow AI model calls, and more.