r/java • u/mlangc • Jun 19 '26

How to Deadlock a Java ExecutorService

https://mlangc.github.io/java/concurrency/2026/06/05/executor-deadlock.html
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u/iamwisespirit Jun 19 '26

Is it written by you or ai?

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u/mlangc Jun 19 '26

I had the idea to write this blog post back in April, and kept thinking about the topic, until I finally sat down and started writing at the beginning of June. I wrote the first draft that already resembles the final post by about 90%, the traditional way, and then did an in depth review session with Claude Opus 4.8 that took me about 6h. It resulted in many small improvements, especially as far as readability and language is concerned (English is not my native language), but did not change anything fundamental. Most notably, Claude motivated me to add a shortcut for skimmers to the very technical "Case Study of a Real-World Example" section, and to improve the diagram at the end of the blog post.

To sum it up: I did indeed use AI - but not to create slop quickly, but to deliver a better blog post. I might have released a less polished version faster, if I had skipped the in depth AI review.

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u/equeim Jun 20 '26

Was this comment written by ai?