NEWSLETTER ISSUE #71 - August 2026

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Improving a Competitor's Numbers (On Purpose)

By Francesco Nigro

We found our benchmark was measuring Spring's warmup, not its peak. We changed it. Spring's numbers went up. Quarkus's didn't. That's what fairness looks like.

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To Cache or Not to Cache Virtual Threads

By Francesco Nigro

The OpenJDK team says don't pool virtual threads. We tested that advice with data, tried to fix the JVM when pooling broke, and discovered why the fix made things worse.

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Faster JVM Startup with Quarkus and Project Leyden

By Markus Eisele

A measured deployment option for teams that need faster container startup while keeping JVM diagnostics, agents, and compatibility.

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Build Your First Hardened Quarkus Image with Jib and Java 25

By Markus Eisele

Create a small REST service, package it without a Dockerfile, and verify what really runs inside the container.

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Custom ASCII-art startup banners for Quarkus

By Eddie Carpenter

Create a small REST service, package it without a Dockerfile, and verify what really runs inside the container.

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Enterprise support options for Quarkus

The Quarkus community just got stronger: alongside the long‑standing Red Hat Build of Quarkus, IBM has announced the IBM Enterprise Build of Quarkus. Organizations now have a choice between two enterprise distributions built on the same community core — a clear sign of the project's growth and maturity.

Get Red Hat Build of Quarkus 3.27, a downstream enterprise-supported version of Quarkus. Read the Red Hat Build of Quarkus 3.27 documentation.

Check out IBM Enterprise Build of Quarkus 3.27 for cloud-native and AI-infused applications. Read the IBM Build of Quarkus 3.27 documentation.

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Upcoming Events with Quarkus

Javazone

Date: September 2-3, 2026
Location: Oslo, Norway
Event Type: In Person

JavaZone is the biggest community-driven Java conference that has been organized in Oslo, Norway since 2001. It is organized on a voluntary basis by a group of people from javaBin, the Norwegian Java User Group, working around the year and putting many hours to create an amazing conference experience for you.

KubeCon China

Date: September 8-9, 2026
Location: Shanghai, China
Event Type: In Person

This flagship event unites adopters, technologists, and community members from across the region to drive innovation in open source infrastructure, cloud native computing, machine learning and next-generation AI around common, industry-wide use cases.

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