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Explore technical deep-dives, product updates, and real-world examples to help you build, scale, and monitor your Java background jobs.
November 12, 2025
Why We Ran the Numbers: Benchmarking JobRunr vs. Quartz on Postgres
We benchmarked JobRunr Pro against Quartz on Postgres. The results are in: JobRunr is 18 times faster, processing 500,000 jobs with a fraction of the database load.
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September 29, 2025
Spring Batch vs. JobRunr: Choosing the Right Tool for Your Java Background Jobs
We compare Spring Batch and JobRunr to help you decide whether you need industrial-strength data processing or modern, simple task execution.
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September 25, 2025
JobRunr & JobRunr Pro v8.1.0
Async Jobs for Quarkus & Micronaut, Embedded Dashboards, bugfixes, and JDK 25 Support.
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August 26, 2025
Building a Semantic Search Engine: A Blueprint for Vector Search using Oracle Database, JobRunr, and Spring
Step-by-step guide to building a semantic search engine using Oracle Database’s AI Vector Search, JobRunr for background jobs, and Spring Boot.
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July 7, 2025
JobRunr and JobRunr Pro v8.0.0!
We’re proud to announce the latest release, JobRunr & JobRunr Pro v8.0.0
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