The Ultimate 10 Years Java Garbage Collection Guide (2016–2026) – Choosing the Right GC for Every Workload

First published on foojay.io Memory management remains the primary factor for application performance in enterprise Java environments. Between 2017 and 2025, the ecosystem shifted from manual tuning to architectural selection. Industry data suggests that 60 percent of Java performance issues and 45 percent of production incidents in distributed systems stem from suboptimal Garbage Collection (GC)…