+1 to this, reactive programming is a major pain in my ass. With virtual threads...

p2detar · on July 14, 2023

In general yes, but FWIW measurements point out that reactive vert.x seems to handle saturation much better. (1)

Also, vert.x are already exploring how to adapt to the new threads model. (2)

1 - https://gist.github.com/vietj/fe9f886d489853ab07111ba5715b13...

2 - https://vertx.io/blog/vertx-virtual-threads-incubator/

Lightbody · on July 14, 2023

Just curious -- have you personally confirmed this?

Not trying to cast doubt... just noting that I have exactly the same feelings (hopes?) but I have yet to personally confirm it, in large part because it's not yet fully GA so we haven't jumped in with our production workloads.