🚀 5 Things Java Programmers MUST Learn in 2026 (🦖)

You all know that when someone writes “Is Java dead?” every year-and every year Java devs scream back: “No, it’s enterprise! It will never die!”

Cool. But, there’s a catch! 👉 Java itself isn’t dying — Java developers are.

Not exactly (chill out). But those who continue to write software as if it were 2008? Seriously on the extinction express.

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If you don’t want to become the dinosaur of your team, then here are 5 brutally honest things you need to learn in 2026.

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1️⃣ Virtual Threads (Project Loom)

Threads used to be expensive. Like “please don’t crash prod, I beg you” expensive.

Now? Virtual threads make concurrency look… easy.

• Millions of threads without melting your CPU ✅