Nested parallelStream(): More Concurrency, Less Performance

.parallelStream() everywhere? Not always a good idea. Have you ever thought: “What if I sprinkle .parallelStream() across all the layers of my code? Everything will run faster, right?” Yeah. I thought that too. Spoiler: it didn’t.

Apr 15, 2025 - 19:26
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Nested parallelStream(): More Concurrency, Less Performance

.parallelStream() everywhere? Not always a good idea.

Have you ever thought:

“What if I sprinkle .parallelStream() across all the layers of my code? Everything will run faster, right?”

Yeah. I thought that too. Spoiler: it didn’t.