Modern Java

JDK 25 Features: Project Loom Complete, Stream Gatherers, and the LTS Migration Guide

Nikhil Naoghare / April 1, 2026

Java 25 is one of those releases that quietly fixes issues with performance, concurrency, maintainability.
It doesn’t try to impress you with flashy features. Instead, it refines the foundation — especially around concurrency and JVM behaviour.

Java, JDK 17, JDK 21

Java Pattern Matching: From instanceof to Switch Expressions — A Complete Guide

Nikhil Naoghare / March 29, 2026

If you’ve been writing Java for a while, you probably remember this annoying pattern:

👉 Check type using instanceof
👉 Cast manually
👉 Then use the object

Pattern Matching removes this boilerplate and makes your code cleaner, safer, and more readable.
Let’s go step by step and understand how it evolved.