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Unleash Peak Performance in Java Applications: Overview of Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO)

DZone

In the realm of Java development, optimizing the performance of applications remains an ongoing pursuit. Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) stands as a potent technique capable of substantially enhancing the efficiency of your Java programs.

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SKP's Java/Java EE Gotchas: Clash of the Titans, C++ vs. Java!

DZone

As a Software Engineer, the mind is trained to seek optimizations in every aspect of development and ooze out every bit of available CPU Resource to deliver a performing application. Recently, I spent some time checking on the Performance (not a very detailed study) of the various programming languages. Ahem, Slow!

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Performance Tuning Java Applications in Linux

DZone

Learn how to make your Java applications performance perfectly. You may also like: How to Properly Plan JVM Performance Tuning. While Performance Tuning an application both Code and Hardware running the code should be accounted for. Reduce the amount of code in critical sections. Thread Contention.

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Find vulnerabilities in your code—don’t wait for someone to exploit them

Dynatrace

All-new Dynatrace code-level vulnerability detection All-new Dynatrace code-level vulnerability detection evaluates all requests passing through your applications to identify vulnerabilities. The deep insights into application code provided by OneAgent® help track potentially vulnerable data flow within an application.

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Optimizing Java XPath CPU and memory overhead by 98%

Dynatrace

As this was the first time in years that systems started to experience major disruption a team of performance experts was gathered who were quick to identify: Root cause : Old way of using XPath (full search). It can be your own code, 3 rd party code or your runtime that executes for certain tasks such as Garbage Collection.

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Seeing through hardware counters: a journey to threefold performance increase

The Netflix TechBlog

We decided to move one of our Java microservices?—?let’s In both bands, performance characteristics remain consistent for the entire uptime of the JVM on the node, i.e. nodes never jumped the bands. Luckily, the m5.12xl instance type exposes a set of core PMCs (Performance Monitoring Counters, a.k.a. let’s call it GS2?—?to

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What is infrastructure as code? Discover the basics, benefits, and best practices

Dynatrace

The IT world is rife with jargon — and “as code” is no exception. “As code” means simplifying complex and time-consuming tasks by automating some, or all, of their processes. Today, the composable nature of code enables skilled IT teams to create and customize automated solutions capable of improving efficiency.