Mastering GraalVM - Booting Hibernate ORM in 5ms and 15MB Total Memory

Explore the revolutionary Graal VM, also known as Substrate VM, and its impact on the Java world in this 50-minute conference talk. Discover how this new technology enables boot times measured in milliseconds and significantly reduced memory consumption, improving efficiency for JVM-based microservices and containerized applications. Learn about the radical architectural choices behind Substrate VM, including its strong benefits and notable limitations that may affect existing applications and dependencies. Gain insights into adapting libraries and viewing code from a new perspective to leverage this promising platform. Follow the speaker's journey in getting Hibernate ORM to work efficiently on Substrate VM, achieving remarkable performance improvements with boot times of just 5ms and total memory usage of 15MB. Understand the advantages, disadvantages, and practical considerations for implementing Graal VM in your Java projects.

[VDM19] Mastering GraalVM: booting Hibernate ORM in 5ms and 15MB total memory by Sanne Grinovero