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guava

Google core libraries for Java

37Distinct people
45Mentions
2Explicit recommenders
51.9KGitHub stars
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What it is

Google core libraries for Java

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

While you're not wrong RE: object references, Java does have the `final` keyword that you can apply to fields, local variables, method arguments, etc. This prevents the value…

OmarAssadi used a recommendation phrase. 2 indexed comments match. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 8:03:49 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year45 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-03-24 08:24:34 UTC to 2025-07-07 00:28:52 UTC.

024682015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 7 submissions, 1 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 2 submissions, 5 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC871
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC725
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312

What Hacker News says

4 sources
charleslmunger·Dec 26, 2021Recommendation phrase
Indeed. I recommend using tsan for java. https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/tsan/Main But the types of races I struggle with in java I suspect are similarly hard in Rust. Here's two pieces of concurrent code I struggled with: https://github.com/google/guava/blob/master/guava/src/com/go... https://github.com/google/guava/blob/master/guava/src/com/go... I'm not sure reasoning about the correctness of those would be easier in Rust, but if there are any rust experts reading this I'd love your perspective.
In State of Valhalla
I haven’t written Java in my day-to-day for quite some time now, but the first thing that came to mind for a good open source Java codebase is Guava by Google: https://github.com/google/guava It’s a collection of core libraries for Java that I believe should have a lot of useful patterns/concepts to learn from. I also highly recommend Effective Java by Joshua Bloch (https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-Joshua-Bloch/dp/013468...). An incredible text for any kind of programmer, and even better if you’re specifically interested in Java. Good luck!
In Ask HN: 30 years old attempting a career change, advice needed.

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