R2DBC is an endeavor to bring a reactive programming API to relational data stores and stands for Reactive Relational Database Connectivity. It was first announced at SpringOne Platform 2018. I’m happy to announce my R2DBC tour across Java User Groups in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. I will explain what R2DBC is, how it was founded and what to expect from a reactive relational database integration. We will speak about the SPI, various drivers, and about Spring.

Redis Streams have made it into Redis’ unstable branch since the beginning of this year, and the first clients start with the adoption of Redis Streams APIs. That makes it an excellent time to take a look what Redis Streams provide and how you can use them from a client perspective.

After a 13 months development phase and 208 solved tickets, it is my pleasure to announce general availability of Lettuce 5.0. This is a major release coming with several breaking changes and new interesting features and Java 9 compatibility.

Get the release from Maven Central

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.lettuce</groupId>
    <artifactId>lettuce-core</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

or download the release bundle from GitHub.

I released today logstash-gelf 1.11.1. This release fixes a bunch of bugs and brings minor enhancements.