Project Valhalla's JEP 401 will bring value classes to JDK 28, removing object identity from Java types in a 197,000-line change twelve years in the making ...

Abstract: Refactoring is crucial for maintaining a project, but it requires developers to understand code structure and system design principles well. Recent research on Large Language Models(LLMs) ...

Abstract: While most forks on platforms like GitHub are short-lived and used for social collaboration, a smaller but impactful subset evolve into long-lived forks, referred to here as variants, that ...

There's a concept in software development called refactoring. The name sounds technical, but the idea is simple. Code develops unhealthy shapes over time. Files get too large. Modules know too much ...

When you have been operating a program for a long time, don't you find yourself increasingly wondering, "Why is this code written this way?" It definitely works, but it's hard to read, and you feel ...

Large Java codebases are one of the most common modernization challenges enterprise technology leaders face today. Financial services platforms last touched a decade ago. Healthcare systems that ...