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A new article, cross-posted from happycoders.eu with canonical set, and my author profile.

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    • Added an article on ahead-of-time method profiling in Java 25–28, covering profile storage and replay, compilation behavior, performance measurements, and iterative training. It also describes how cached profiles can affect early and long-running performance.
    • Added an author profile for Sven Woltmann, including biography, website, social links, and avatar details.

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Adds Sven Woltmann’s author profile and a draft article about Java AOT method profiling. The article describes cache setup, compilation behavior, benchmark measurements, lambda profile cleanup, and iterative training.

Changes: AOT Method Profiling Article

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AOT profiling article and measurements
draft/ahead-of-time-method-profiling/index.md
Describes method profiles, cache setup, Java 25 and Java 28 measurements, compilation behavior, lambda profile cleanup, training-run length, iterative training, and practical guidance.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

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Suggested reviewers: fdelporte

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 7e2f4

The draft article has a few instructions and summary claims that are inaccurate or could mislead readers. A reader copying the options as shown may hit a JVM startup error, and the Java 28 startup summary does not match the reported measurements. Fix these before publishing; there is no production risk.

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- Line 530: Update the comparison instructions for `AOTReplayTraining` to
include `-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions` before `-XX:-AOTReplayTraining`,
matching the option order used in the command on Line 76.
- Line 530: Update the measurement guidance to clarify that on Java 28,
comparing runs with the same cache measures the combined effect of profiles and
AOT code when that cache contains AOT code. Explain that measuring profiles
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identified in the review, while preserving the existing comparison steps.
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- Line 80: Update the Java 28 cache-creation instructions to include
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documented command can start on JDK 28-ea+23.
- Line 530: Qualify the Java 28 startup comparison for HelloStreamWarmup so the
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Cross-post of the article published on happycoders.eu on 2026-11-09;
`canonical` points there. The text is unchanged.
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