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Saquib Aftab retweeted
Jun 12
Why Is Multithreading hard?
Multithreading involves several concepts that can be challenging to grasp.
Concurrency: Multiple things are happening at the same time.
Synchronization: To ensure data integrity between threads.
Coordination: Ordering and dependency management between threads.
Visibility: This ensures that one thread sees changes made by others.
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A Key Derivation Function (KDF) derives cryptographic keys from a password or passphrase.
Before Java 24, there was no standard API for this.
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Jun 13
What exactly is Virtual Machine ?
A virtual Machine is a machine that does not exist in reality but it simulates the environment to make you feel it as a real machine.
A virtual machine is a virtual representation of a physical computer.
A single-piece physical machine can run multiple virtual machines. These virtual machines work independently of each other.
Full article: medium.com/@saquibdev/unders…
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Jun 13
Technology is not free for everyone… i guess
Jun 13
The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.
The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.
Access to all other Claude models is not affected.
We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.
Read our full statement: anthropic.com/news/fable-myt…
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Jun 12
You don't get promoted just for sitting in your chair for another year.
You get promoted when you start solving problems before they become tickets on the Jira board.
Move from reactive to proactive.
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Jun 11
So why did Amazon fired so many employees?
Jun 11
JUST IN: Jeff Bezos predicts AI will create a labor shortage rather than put humans out of work.
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Every Java object has a header that stores metadata.
Current header size: 12 bytes (or 16 bytes without Compressed Class Pointers).
Java 24 compresses this to just 8 bytes.
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Saquib Aftab retweeted
Jun 10
Java 24 features ✅✅
- Stream Gatherers API is now final
- Virtual Threads no longer get “pinned”
- Ahead-of-Time Class Loading cuts startup time
- Compact Object Headers save memory per object
- New quantum-resistant encryption methods
- Security Manager is permanently disabled
- Class-File API is finalized
- Unicode upgraded to 16.0
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Jun 11
Important Java Library #3: What are some common SLF4J Bindings?
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Jun 11
Why companies will still need real humans?
When I think about what software teams will still need next year, a few things stand out.
AI tools can suggest code, but they still struggle to understand the full business context, messy legacy systems, security details, and cross‑team trade‑offs.
AI struggles with open‑ended goals, messy real‑world constraints, unclear requirements, and responsibility.
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Jun 11
Stream Gatherers are FINAL in Java 24! (JEP 485)
The Stream API has been around since Java 8. But it had limited intermediate operations like filter, map, and sorted.
Instead of adding more built-in operations, Java now lets YOU write your own.
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Jun 10
Use This Roadmap to Learn Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices ✅
Full article here (Contains free link to article): medium.com/@saquibdev/use-th…
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Jun 10
How is the limit exhaustion with Claude Fable 5?
Mine was exhausted in 15 min session.
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Jun 10
Claude Fable 5 is way ahead.
Anthropic is now competing with themselves.
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Saquib Aftab retweeted
Jun 9
Simple workflow to follow to manage Claude Limits ✅
Here is a practical workflow you can use every day:
1. Start with a short, clear prompt.
2. Put only one task or one topic in a chat.
3. Batch related questions together.
4. Use the lightest model that fits the task.
5. Upload smaller, cleaner files.
6. Use Projects for repeated work.
7. Turn off extra tools when not needed.
8. Start a new chat when the topic changes.
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