Quarkus Backend Development | Cloud-Native Java, Microservices and Performance

Quarkus is an open source Java framework, born at Red Hat in 2019, that redefines backend development for the cloud era. Thanks to ahead-of-time compilation with GraalVM and an architecture designed for containers, Quarkus lets you build microservices that start in milliseconds and consume a fraction of the memory compared to the traditional Java stack. At Codebaker we use Quarkus to build B2B enterprise backends that demand performance, scalability and infrastructure cost efficiency, particularly for companies in manufacturing, logistics and the food sector in Emilia-Romagna.

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Supersonic subatomic Java

Quarkus is described as "supersonic and subatomic" for two concrete reasons: its almost instant startup and its extremely reduced memory footprint. Native compilation with GraalVM turns the Java application into an optimized executable, eliminating much of the overhead of the traditional JVM.

This means smaller containers, faster scaling and lower infrastructure costs. Quarkus also offers a live coding environment that reloads changes in real time, dramatically accelerating the development cycle. It supports both the classic imperative model and the reactive one, leaving the team free to choose the approach best suited to each service.

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Cloud-native microservices and Kubernetes

Quarkus was born for cloud-native: it integrates natively with Kubernetes and containerized environments. We develop lightweight microservices that scale horizontally with efficiency, also ideal for serverless architectures and for IoT and Industry 4.0 scenarios where resource consumption is critical. Its broad ecosystem of extensions — from Hibernate ORM to Kafka — lets you quickly compose robust, production-ready backends.

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Quarkus vs Spring Boot: performance and costs

Compared to Spring Boot, Quarkus offers significantly lower startup times and a much smaller memory footprint, especially in native mode. For companies, this translates into lower infrastructure costs, greater container density and faster response times under load. While maintaining compatibility with enterprise Java standards, Quarkus lets you modernize the backend without giving up the reliability of an established ecosystem.

10x

Faster startup of native Quarkus applications compared to the traditional Java stack

-80%

Reduction in memory consumption with native GraalVM compilation

99%

Guaranteed uptime for the Quarkus microservices we run in production

Quarkus integrates perfectly with our approach to backend development and to cloud architectures with Kubernetes and Docker. If you need to expose your services, we also build custom web APIs tailored to your business.