How Netflix Really Uses Java

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Video with transcript included on InfoQ: bit.ly/49MJha8
Paul Bakker discusses Netflix’s use of Java, emphasizing the use of microservices, RxJava, Hystrix and Spring Cloud.
#Java #Netflix #Microservices
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[@illyam689]

Now every company will think to have the same problems as Netflix and will copy this exact architecture :D

[@abdullahimran542]

Really good to listen to people who knows what they're doing.

[@BtXFWkyZBtXFWkyZ]

who know*
It's plural

[@Gohel95]

Thank you for the great session

[@Dom-zy1qy]

Really interesting talk, but I really wasn't expecting *everything* to be java across netflix. Although I can imagine that comes with a lot of benefits when working on such a large product.

[@illyam689]

They only tell you what they want you to know, so maybe they have other workloads running on different stacks. Nevertheless, the stability of a well crafted Java-based system is hardly unparalleled

[@carnelyve866]

Java is unbeatable for serious programming.

[@simonmassey8850]

I would have been *devastated* if I had joined them when they were still on Java 8. You expect as much from the most legacy enterprises. Having been working at a few banks using Java 11 and 17 with several thousand developers hearing that Netflix was “all in” on legacy is… 😮

[@illyam689]

I wouldn't be surprised if some legacy systems still run on Java

[@jgoodman75]

@@illyam689 uh....ya....imagine that....those poor guys *quietly exits room*

[@mayikx]

❤❤❤

[@StingSting844]

This was quite hard to understand. Had to rewatch with subs

[@valboolin3538]

Дегтярёв

[@gogira]

jafa

[@johnkucharsky6927]

Java invented golang?

[@frederickhu3906]

kotlin not golang

[@era2755]

If they were really concerned about system resources, they wouldn't use Java in the first place.

[@BB-uy4bb]

Thats a stupid comment. It’s a trade of like everything, certainly you can improve resources usage if you go e.g. on c++, but creating and maintaining 3k c++ microservices is nearly impossible, while spring boot is a widely used, easy to develop and maintain, stable and still has a decent performance

[@bigdlamz]

Junk architecture

[@illyam689]

what did Java to you?

[@bdub884]

Script kiddie located

[@heljhumenad]

hahah when you can't do what they are doing you just fallback to trashtalk. :)