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How Uber Uses Generative AI to Quietly Kill Java Resource Leaks

Because some bugs whisper before they wreck your weekend

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Jimmy Malhan
Jun 06, 2025
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1 - The bug that does not yell

You are not chasing alarms. You are chasing a slow leak.

Java resource leaks do not explode. They drain. They hide in file handles. They wait. And then suddenly the app cannot open files or spin threads.

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