The Mutex Club: Getting Things Done with Future and Callable
Introduction Imagine you politely tell a guest, “I’ve got to run,” but they stay for dessert. That’s exactly what Python’s…
The Mutex Club: Writing Your Own Thread Barrier
If mutexes are the bouncers of parallel programming, barriers are more like your group chat’s trip coordinator—no one moves until everyone…
The Mutex Club: Using Semaphores for Controlled Access
Key Insights # Semaphores vs. Mutexes Think of a mutex as the grumpy bouncer who only lets one person into the VIP lounge at a time. A…
The Mutex Club: CountDownLatch: Waiting for Threads Like a Boss
Why CountDownLatch Still Has Devs Talking Ever waited for the slowest kid in class before heading to lunch? Java’s CountDownLatch is that last…
The Mutex Club: Exchanger: When Threads Swap Data
Ever watch two threads do a data swap in perfect synchronicity? Java’s Exchanger is like a secret handshake: atomic, bidirectional, and…
The Mutex Club: Using Semaphores for Controlled Access
The Mutex Club: Semaphores, Gatekeepers, & the Real Party in Concurrency ## Why Are There So Many Bouncers in the Club? Ever tried…
The Mutex Club: Coordinating Threads in Phases with Phaser
TL;DR Ever tried corralling chatty threads that need to wait on each other? Java’s Phaser is your airtight club bouncer. It handles variable…
The Mutex Club: CountDownLatch: Waiting for Threads Like a Boss
The Mutex Club: CountDownLatch — Waiting for Threads Like a Boss (and Not Getting Burned) Concurrency can feel like juggling flaming…