Java

Java Concurrency in Practice is the bible of Java multi-threading. It’s dense, thorough, and frankly, a bit intimidating. For years, I relied heavily on Java’s java.util.concurrent package (ConcurrentHashMap, my beloved), ignoring the low-level mechanics underneath. Why reinvent the wheel when the standard library is so good? But to truly master scalability, you have to understand what happens under the hood. Recently, I decided to peel back the layers and revisit the building blocks of Java concurrency: synchronized and ReentrantLock. ...