Weekly roundup of Java and Spring ecosystem news. Highlights include data-oriented programming directions beyond records in Java, type-safe property references arriving in Spring Data 2026.0.0-M1, and a range of Java 26 updates covering HTTP client changes, GC improvements, and DevOps features. Also covers AI agent workflows in software engineering, Netflix's use of JDK Vector API for recommendation systems, and releases including Quarkus 3.32.2, Elasticsearch 9.x, and Apache NetBeans 29.
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