Optimizing Cloud Native Java • Ben Evans & Holly Cummins

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This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here (https://gotopia.tech/episodes/363) Ben Evans - Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat & Co-Author of "Optimizing Cloud Native Java" and many more Books Holly Cummins - Senior Principal Software Engineer on the Red Hat Quarkus Team RESOURCES Ben https://mastodon.social/@kittylyst https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittylyst https://www.kittylyst.com Holly https://hollycummins.com (https://hollycummins.com/type/blog) https://bsky.app/profile/hollycummins.com https://hachyderm.io/@holly_cummins (https://twitter.com/holly_cummins) https://linkedin.com/in/holly-k-cummins DESCRIPTION Holly Cummins talks with Ben Evans about his latest book "Optimizing Cloud Native Java", which updates his previous work "Optimizing Java" to reflect the realities of cloud native environments. Ben explains that performance engineering is not just technical but also psychological, emphasizing the importance of user expectations and defining clear performance goals. They discuss how modern Java performance must account for cloud native architectures, with applications running across distributed microservices and containerized, single-core environments. The book focuses on the importance of measuring relevant data, warns against relying on misleading micro-benchmarks, and highlights how system-level benchmarks offer a clearer picture. Ben also delves into the JVM's

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