The latest articles on DEV Community by Brandon Trumble (@brandon_trumble_b94e49147). https://dev.to/brandon_trumble_b94e49147 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4211539%2Fcdc2aa7f-8d2a-4916-919c-9b15e4842aa1.png https://dev.to/brandon_trumble_b94e49147 en Brandon Trumble Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:23:43 +0000 https://dev.to/brandon_trumble_b94e49147/first-library-1o7 https://dev.to/brandon_trumble_b94e49147/first-library-1o7 <p>Hello everyone!</p> <p>This is my first post here. I’ve started building TaskForge, a Java library focused on making asynchronous job execution easier to use.</p> <p>So far, it supports:</p> <ul> <li>Virtual threads or daemon platform thread pools.</li> <li>A configurable limit on how many jobs run at once.</li> <li>Task failure logging and a failure callback.</li> <li>Statistics for running, completed, and failed jobs.</li> <li>Resource cleanup through try-with-resources or an explicit <code>.close()</code> call.</li> </ul> <p>I’m a junior Java developer, and this is still an early project. My goal is to keep it lightweight and straightforward while learning more about Java concurrency.</p> <p>What would make a library like this useful to you? Are there repetitive parts of managing asynchronous tasks that you’d like a library to handle?</p> <p>It isn’t on GitHub or Maven Central yet. I’m still working through the design and fixing bugs, but I plan to share it once it’s ready for others to try.</p> <p>Thanks for reading!</p>