What does java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0() API do? Why is it showing up frequently in several thread dumps? Why is it reported in thread dump analysis tools like fastThread.io? Is it something that I need to be concerned about? What are the potential solutions... Continue Reading →
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) has become central to software development. To ensure high-quality software releases smoke tests, regression tests, performance tests, static code analysis & security scans are run in CI/CD pipeline. Despite of all these quality measures, still OutOfMemoryError,... Continue Reading →
FastThread's REST APIs are used for application monitoring, analyzing code quality during CI/CD pipeline and several other purposes. API response contains rich set of information (i.e. lot of elements). In this article, we intend to highlight to few key elements... Continue Reading →
Our Principle Architect, Ram Lakshmanan, has delivered a talk at AWS Gurus Meetup - hosted by Intuit in San Francisco Bay Area on 30th May. He explained developers on how to write memory efficient code to cut down the AWS bills.... Continue Reading →
Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and several other technologies internally uses WebLogic application server. In a WebLogic server, all incoming requests are handled by execute threads in the thread pool. Based on the activity of these threads, WebLogic server... Continue Reading →
Call Stack Tree provides 3 wonderful benefits: 1. One simplified view 2. Performance Optimization 3. Accurate Smoke Test Let's discuss them in detail in this article. 1. One simplified view Thread dumps are the snapshot of all threads running in... Continue Reading →
Are you tired of spending hours & days in troubleshooting sudden CPU spikes and OutOfMemoryErrors? Do you get stuck to diagnose zombie/unresponsive applications? Then, look at this presentation delivered by Ram Lakshmanan, our Architect, at ConFoo Conference 2018. He explained the right... Continue Reading →
Before answering the question 'How to identify critical code path?’ let me answer 'Why identify critical code path?’ Why identify critical code path? There are a couple of answers to it: Performance OptimizationAccurate Smoke Test Performance Optimization In most applications,... Continue Reading →
If you want to learn about the architecture of the application, performance characteristics of the application, effectiveness of the engineering organization - lot of times (if not all the times), we will look at the Word documents, PowerPoint decks, Excel... Continue Reading →