Reactive

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Inside the Quarkus reactive core, part 1: the event loop from the ground up

I gave Quarkus two event loops and fired 24 requests at it at once. Every one was served by one of those two threads. Part one of a series on how Quarkus runs your code, starting below Quarkus: Netty, Vert.x and the rule you cannot break.

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The Active Record Pattern and Hibernate Reactive: Entities That Save Themselves in Quarkus

Entities that save themselves! Refactor your orders application to the Active Record pattern with PanacheEntity, learn when to choose Repository vs. Active Record, and enter the reactive world with Hibernate Reactive and @WithTransaction.