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By Ron Pressler on October 11, 2026

As AI coding agents make language syntax less central, runtime performance and operability become increasingly important. This keynote explores why Java’s JVM and standard library are well suited to this shift: newer JDKs continually improve performance, observability, garbage collection, and usability while preserving the programming model, with major innovations underway in Projects Valhalla, Leyden, and Lilliput.

Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code - Version 27.0.0 Is Now Available

By Arvind Aprameya on October 8, 2026

New release of the Java Platform Extension for VS Code

JEP targeted to JDK 28: 542: PEM Encodings of Cryptographic Objects

By Anthony Scarpino on October 6, 2026

The following JEP is targeted to JDK 28: 542: PEM Encodings of Cryptographic Objects

Making Arena.ofConfined() Even Cheaper in JDK 28

By Per-Ake Minborg on October 5, 2026

Pooled confined arenas provide a significant performance improvement for short-lived native allocations.

JEP targeted to JDK 28: 540: Simple JSON API (Incubator)

By Naoto Sato on October 2, 2026

The following JEP is targeted to JDK 28: 540: Simple JSON API (Incubator)

Agent Helidon: License to Scale

By Ryan Eberhard (Helidon) on October 1, 2026

While AI agents are rapidly advancing, the performance and scalability of the agents and their underlying services have received too little attention. This session showcases Helidon powering scalable services via Virtual Thread–based MCP servers and high-performance agents through its compile-time integration with LangChain4j.

Faster Post-Quantum Cryptography with JDK Intrinsics

By Mark Powers on September 30, 2026

Find out about the improved Curve25519 field performance in JDK 27 and JDK 28.

JEP targeted to JDK 28: 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal

By Mikael Vidstedt on September 29, 2026

The following JEP is targeted to JDK 28: 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal

Performance Improvements in JDK 27

By Per-Ake Minborg on September 28, 2026

Notable performance improvements in JDK27

JEP targeted to JDK 28: 539: Strict Field Initialization in the JVM (Preview)

By Dan Smith on September 26, 2026

The following JEP is targeted to JDK 28: 539: Strict Field Initialization in the JVM (Preview)

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