ByteCode.News has some pretty fundamental updates on the way behind the scenes, to make maintenance and updates a lot easier than they were. What's running right now is "old code" but this will open up the process for a better future for the codebase.
Oracle laid off roughly 30,000 people, including Sharat Chander and others important to the Java ecosystem. Layoffs are never fun to endure or watch, but it's worth asking: how many of us have actually paid Oracle - or Sun before them - anything? If we haven't bought anything, should we expect a voice in corporate decisions? And what does this mean for the platform work that actually matters?