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This episode talks about Envoy


What is Envoy, why we need it?
Deployment architecture
Software architecture
Features, Configuration API & Extensibility
Where to start
When not to use Envoy?

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This episode talks about the modular system in Java 9 


Modular System Overview
Format of Modular Descriptor
Classpath v/s Modulepath
Unnamed and Automatic Modules
Modular CmdLine options
Migration tips

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This episode talks about the new features of Java 9 


Modular System
JShell
Library Improvements
Language Changes
New APIs
Performance & Security Improvements

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This episode talks about the java.util.concurrent.atomic package


What are atomic operations and why do we need it?
Example with volatile, synchronized and Atomics
Atomic Internals
Atomic Primitives, Array and Reference variants
JDK 1.8 classes – LongAdder, LongAccumulator etc
Usage of this API in JDK
When not to use Atomics

Links:


JDK Atomics API

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This episode talks about


What are references in the JDK
Strong & Weak References
Soft & Phantom References
References API & Reference Queue
How to use these references? finalize or not
Other libraries support

Links:


References API

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This episode talks about


Synchronization helpers
CountDownLatch – APIs, examples and gotchas
CyclicBarrier – APIs and examples
Comparison between the two

Links:


CountDownLatch API
CyclicBarrier API

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