Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/javas-growing-graveyard-the-old-apis-being-buriedand-what-replaced-them. The Java “tomb” is filling up. Here’s what’s being buried—and what you should use instead. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #java, #security, #legacy, #nashorn, #securitymanager, #unsafe, #varhandle, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @akiradoko. Learn more about this writer by checking @akiradoko's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. The Java “tomb” is filling up. Here’s what’s being buried—and what you should use instead.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-most-dangerous-person-on-your-team-is-dave-and-he-just-quit. Stop letting knowledge walk out the door. Use this system prompt to turn every commit into a well-documented masterpiece. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #software-development, #documentation, #ai-prompt, #productivity, #developer-tools, #ai, #fixing-ai-hack, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @huizhudev. Learn more about this writer by checking @huizhudev's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Most AI-generated documentation is fluff. I built a prompt that forces the LLM to analyze the intent of the code.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/javas-greatest-hits-of-failure-top-10-open-source-errors-of-2025. PVS-Studio’s year-end roundup of the top 10 strangest Java errors found in open-source projects in 2025. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #java, #programming, #minecraft, #catalan, #java-bugs-2025, #open-source-java-errors, #static-analysis, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @akiradoko. Learn more about this writer by checking @akiradoko's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. PVS-Studio’s year-end roundup of the top 10 strangest Java errors found in open-source projects in 2025.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/2-billion-requests-100ms-deadlines-$10k-a-month-engineering-a-lean-global-rtb-system. Inside a lean RTB system processing 350M daily requests with sub-100ms latency, built by a 3-person team on a $10k cloud budget. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #engineering, #adtec, #distributed-systems, #latency-reduction, #finops, #observability, #startup, #async, and more. This story was written by: @shashanksingla. Learn more about this writer by checking @shashanksingla's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Inside a lean RTB system processing 350M daily requests with sub-100ms latency, built by a 3-person team on a $10k cloud budget.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-truth-about-cancelling-asyncawait-youre-mostly-just-ignoring-results. JavaScript can’t truly cancel async/await work—most “cancellation” just stops waiting. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #javascript, #tutorial, #concurrency, #cancel-async-await, #cancel-promise-javascript, #abortcontroller-js, #abortsignal, #promise-cancellation, and more. This story was written by: @hacker5295744. Learn more about this writer by checking @hacker5295744's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. JavaScript can’t truly cancel async/await work—most “cancellation” just stops waiting.