Of stack traces and thread dumps …

I recently came across this terrific article on how to read a stack trace, and building on that, how to read a thread dump. It is a great introduction for new Java programmers (and support engineers), and it also has some interesting tips for the more experienced.
To the anonymous author, I salute and thank you. (If you know who the author is, I’d be grateful if you added a comment to let us know.)