Automated Feline Recognition: Object Detection for Smart Feeder Integration using YOLO11

Computer Vision /

As part of the CAS Deep Learning curriculum, this project explores the practical application of high-end computer vision in a domestic environment. The primary objective was the development of a robust object detection model based on the YOLO11 architecture to uniquely identify three specific subjects: Tigi, R.E.D., and Milou. The long-term goal is the integration […]

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Building an Autonomous AI Test Engineer: From Script to “Virtual Colleague”

AI Agents /

I didn’t just want a tool that could write a test. I wanted a colleague. A fundamental design goal was to create a system that works entirely asynchronously in the background. I wanted an AI agent that I could point at a repository and say, “Fix the coverage,” then move on to other tasks, knowing it would only report back once the job was done—not earlier, and without requiring constant hand-holding.

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How to Speed Up Your Vector Operations Using the Java 19 Vector API

Software Engineering /

This API provides classes to express vector computations that, given suitable hardware and runtime ability, are accelerated using vector hardware instructions. When run on a supporting platform, operations can be executed in parallel by the hardware. This style of parallelism is called Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) parallelism. By using the API for vector computations,

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Making Use of Java 19’s Enhancements for Switch Statements and Expressions

Software Engineering /

Pattern Matching for switch was proposed as a preview feature by JEP 406 and delivered in JDK 17, and proposed for a second preview by JEP 420 and delivered in JDK 18. This JEP proposes a third preview with further refinements based upon continued experience and feedback. For those who are not familiar with this

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How Java 19’s Foreign Function and Memory API Simplifies Calling Native APIs

Software Engineering /

The Foreign Function and Memory API (FFM API) is designed to allow developers to access data and code outside of the Java Runtime. The API allows accessing native libraries and native data without having to use JNI. The main goals of this API are: Simplicity: To replace the Java Native Interface (JNI) with a more

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Writing Less Boilerplate Code in Java 19 With Instanceof and Record Classes Thanks to Record Patterns

Software Engineering /

In JDK 16, the instanceof operator was extended to accept a type pattern and perform pattern matching. Thanks to this, the instanceof-and-cast idiom could be simplified. Instead of writing developers can write If the pattern matches, the pattern variable s is initialized to the value of o cast to String. s can then be used

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How Structured Concurrency in Java 19 Helps to Make Programming of Concurrent Applications Easier

Software Engineering /

The goal of this extension is to simplify the maintainability, reliability, and monitoring of concurrent code. For this purpose, new abstractions like “Unit of Work” have been introduced, which can manage multiple threads under one hat. This allows, for example, to implement error handling at the level of a “Unit of Work” instead of separately

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