{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"176 - Better Late Than Never?","description":" Non-tech Music Banter   An Updated Look At Concert Merchandise Sales &amp;amp; Trends in 2022 Why Venues Take Merch Cuts  The Taylor Swift Economy: The largest music tour in history is a hospitality phenomenon   A litany of languages and their passing, software archaeology and the issues of adopting new languages?  Clojure - (next Rich)   JDK 21 to be released next month: JDK 21 Release Candidates &amp;amp; JVM Language Summit has a good overview.  JEP 430: String Templates (Preview)  Not a fan of the syntax, but also appreciate it's not just &quot;string interpolation&quot;, it makes it very clear you're doing something different. I like that it's easily expandable and not too different from other languages that use r&quot;Raw String here&quot;. NOTE: String Template Processing is runtime, not compile time, as Mark was thinking, as with being able to work well with Freemarker templates \u2013 which may work, but not as I implied.   JEP 431: Sequenced Collections look like a nice improvement for consistency \u2013 annoying for library writers who may find it more useful, tho. Mark: 440: Record Patterns and 441: Pattern Matching for switch \u2013 having used these a bit now I love them, in places they fit \u2013 they work well for Algebraic Data Type style things, but should be used in moderation tho. JEP 443: Unnamed Patterns and Variables (Preview)  It's a small win, but not having to name things \u201cignore\u201d or \u201cexpected\u201d etc.   JEP 445: Unnamed Classes and Instance Main Methods (Preview)  Initially didn't think I'd find much interest in this, but the more I experiment with Dagger.IO pipelines, and with the forthcoming Java SDK I can see this being enjoyable. JBang as an alternative    JEP draft: Prepare to Restrict The Use of JNI - JDK 22 to start warning on JNI usage\u2026&amp;nbsp; The Reddit thread is well - as you expect :)  JEP draft: Prepare to Restrict The Use of JNI (Updated): r\/java   Flame threads on the JNI command flag option.   Quick Fire Last Minute things:  Dagger, a \u2764\ufe0f&amp;nbsp; story | Flipt Blog Tutorial \u00b7 arxanas\/git-branchless Wiki \u00b7 GitHub   BONUS Material  Apache Wicket PatternFly Elements - PatternFly Elements      ","author_name":"Illegal Argument","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/21670","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27933825\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/159767358"}