I've been away from the Java world for the past 4 years, and I really miss it. I hope I can get back to it soon.

This is cool: https://openjdk.org/jeps/512 (JEP 512: Compact Source Files and Instance Main Methods). It will allow beginners to progressively ease into the language and remove arbitrary gatekeeping from the language itself.

I also went down the rabbit hole on the Shenandoah GC JEP and learned that it was actually named after the Shenandoah Valley. Super cool.