Hur många har koll på Javas @Contended annotation?

Java 25 was released in September 2025 but the rampdown phase for Java 26 has already begun and it will be generally available in the middle of March 2026.

During the fall, I worked for a Swedish government organisation that has a large legacy codebase. This is a summary of the findings and ways of working that emerged during the project.

Eller: Hur du kan sluta tänka på att skriva och bara… skriva.

Det var en stund sedan jag skrev något här men nu är hjärnan full med saker som måste ut.

Prolog: Over The Bar

There is a place in Norway named Hell. It is a small community of fewer than 2,000 people, and everyone knows each other. And everyone depends on each other.

A couple of days ago, Java 25 reached General Availability and all the big vendors officially released their JDK 25 versions.

Java 25 is here!
How will the latest release transforms the way we write, teach, and learn Java? What will streamlined source files and powerful new features bring to the table? And what will all the old developers that thinks Java is good as it is think?

In my previous blog post Good habits when designing REST APIs, I sort of ended with a little cliffhanger that there are more things that could be done to make life easier for your fellow developers. Today, we are diving into The Discovery of REST APIs and the magical use of HAL and HATEOAS.