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Java 26 Arrives: Applets Gone, HTTP/3 In [Platform Shift]

Java 26 has landed, and it's not just another version update; it's a statement. The age of applets is officially over, and the web's future, HTTP/3, is now a first-class citizen.

4 min read 4 hours ago

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Oracle's Project Detroit: Embedding V8 and CPython Straight into the JVM

Oracle just dropped Project Detroit, cramming V8 and CPython directly into the JVM. No more fighting corner cases with half-baked reimplementations—it's native runtimes all the way down.

5 min read 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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Java 26 Arrives: Applets Gone, HTTP/3 In [Platform Shift]

Oracle's Project Detroit: Embedding V8 and CPython Straight into the JVM