Hackernews posts about Java

Java is a popular programming language known for its platform independence and "write once, run anywhere" philosophy.

1. It’s time to free JavaScript (2024) (javascript.tm)
   720 points by pavelai 9 days ago | 366 comments
2. You can make PS2 games in JavaScript (jslegenddev.substack.com)
   320 points by tosh 22 days ago | 77 comments
3. Brimstone: ES2025 JavaScript engine written in Rust (github.com)
   239 points by ivankra 27 days ago | 118 comments
4. 30 years ago today "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript" (web.archive.org)
   211 points by donohoe 9 days ago | 99 comments
5. Java Hello World, LLVM Edition (www.javaadvent.com)
   201 points by ingve 6 days ago | 94 comments
6. Blocking LLM crawlers without JavaScript (www.owl.is)
   198 points by todsacerdoti 27 days ago | 101 comments
7. The missing standard library for multithreading in JavaScript (github.com)
   135 points by W4G1 8 days ago | 35 comments
8. Java Decompiler (java-decompiler.github.io)
   124 points by mooreds 21 days ago | 53 comments
9. Show HN: DBOS Java – Postgres-Backed Durable Workflows (github.com)
   114 points by KraftyOne 30 days ago | 57 comments
10. Applets are officially gone, but Java in the browser is better (frequal.com)
    78 points by pjmlp 5 days ago | 99 comments
11. Help, My Java Object Vanished (and the GC Is Not at Fault) (arraying.de)
    76 points by todsacerdoti 15 days ago | 9 comments
12. Show HN: Wirebrowser – A JavaScript debugger with breakpoint-driven heap search (github.com)
    68 points by fcavallarin 3 days ago | 15 comments
13. JOPA: Java compiler in C++, Jikes modernized to Java 6 with Claude (github.com)
    67 points by pshirshov 20 days ago | 52 comments
14. Implementation of a Java Processor on a FPGA (2016) (mavmatrix.uta.edu)
    61 points by mghackerlady 23 days ago | 39 comments
15. Installing Java in 2025, and Version Managers (blog.hakanserce.com)
    51 points by hakanserce 19 days ago | 61 comments
16. Help, My Java Object Vanished (and the GC Is Not at Fault) (arraying.de)
    49 points by birdculture 14 days ago | 2 comments
17. Using Antigravity for Statistical Physics in JavaScript (christopherkrapu.com)
    45 points by ckrapu 21 days ago | 29 comments
18. JavaScript Engines Benchmarks (ivankra.github.io)
    37 points by homebrewer 27 days ago | 2 comments
19. The Mysterious Realm of JavaScriptCore (2021) (www.cyberark.com)
    35 points by program 9 days ago | 6 comments
20. Show HN: GPULlama3.java Llama Compilied to PTX/OpenCL Now Integrated in Quarkus
    23 points by mikepapadim 2 days ago | 5 comments
21. KJS: A Complete Formal Semantics of JavaScript (github.com)
    18 points by andsoitis 6 days ago | 3 comments
22. JavaScript Engines Zoo (zoo.js.org)
    10 points by gurgunday 8 days ago | discuss
23. Java 25: The 'No-Boilerplate' Era Begins (amritpandey.io)
    10 points by MichaelNolan 19 days ago | discuss
24. Two long-lost organ pieces by JavaScript Bach performed for first time (www.theguardian.com)
    8 points by lordleft 24 days ago | 5 comments
25. Cjsawk: A self-hosted compiler for a subset of C, JavaScript, and Awk (github.com)
    8 points by ingve 29 days ago | 2 comments
26. 3D in CSS (No JavaScript) (codepen.io)
    7 points by qingcharles 8 days ago | 1 comments
27. Java Quirks: Bridge and Synthetic Methods for Reflection (www.ptidej.net)
    5 points by yann-gael 17 days ago | 1 comments
28. TypeScript is supported in all major JavaScript Runtimes since today (nodejs.org)
    4 points by pavelai 26 days ago | 2 comments
29. FuckItJS uses technology to make sure your JavaScript code runs no matter what (github.com)
    4 points by solarmist 1 day ago | 1 comments
30. Full Haskell-Like Type Class Resolution in Java (garciat.com)
    4 points by birdculture 6 days ago | discuss