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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.

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March 18, 2025

Optimizing Cost and Performance on Kubernetes: Scale Java Workloads with JobRunr Metrics

Explore how JobRunr Pro metrics API can dynamically scale your Java workloads on Kubernetes to optimize cost and performance.

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March 5, 2025

JobRunr - the best Java Scheduler?

Easily schedule your (batch) jobs in Java and monitor them using JobRunr, a unified programming model to handle background tasks in a reliable way.

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January 30, 2025

Building local LLM systems: RAG implementation with JobRunr and Spring AI

Learn how to build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows using JobRunr in Java.

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January 17, 2025

Why is Idempotence Important in Java Job Scheduling?

Understanding the critical role of idempotence in ensuring reliable and fault-tolerant background job scheduling in modern distributed systems.

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January 17, 2025

JobRunr & JobRunr Pro v7.4.0

New release packed with enhancements, compatibility updates, and bug fixes!

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October 31, 2024

Task schedulers in Java: modern alternatives to Quartz Scheduler

Quartz is often considered the standard job scheduling library in Java, which can lead developers to overlook more modern alternatives.

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