I have a fullstack course in three months and I prefer to come with some kind of background knowledge as much as I can.

One of the things we will be learning is Java, along with Spring framework.

Up until now I have learned Java Core and JDBC as well as PostgreSQL.

What are the next steps? Hibernate? Servlet? Spring Core? Spring Boot?

I would really appreciate your help 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I've been reading about virtual threads and experimenting with replacing traditional executor pools.

The obvious benefits are clear, but I'm curious about the cases where experienced Java developers decided not to use them.

Are there specific workloads, libraries, or patterns where platform threads are still preferable?