Wednesday Links - Edition 2026-10-07

On programming, statistics, and Java (10 min)📊
https://waytoounoriginal.github.io/programming/stats/optimizations/2026/09/26/on-programming-stats-and-java.html

From documenting decisions to questioning them - Six patterns and an agent that questions the proposal (9 min)🤔
https://blog.frankel.ch/from-madrs-to-questioning-them/

The Companions to Come (4 min)🧩
https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026/09/the-companions-to-come/

Making Arena.ofConfined() Even Cheaper in JDK 28 (7 min)⚡
https://inside.java/2026/10/05/confined-pools/