Time-Traveling Bugs - How a Two-Decade-Old Issue Still Haunts Software Scalability

Explore a critical software performance issue in this 42-minute Devoxx conference talk. Delve into the impact of a two-decade-old JVM bug on software scalability and concurrency. Discover how this problem, initially found in Quarkus, can affect any codebase. Learn how the issue was identified and resolved in Drools, a popular Java rule engine. Gain insights into tools for improving code performance and examine Java 21 features for potential similar problems. Understand the significance of seemingly minor code details in achieving optimal software performance.