diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 524f096..e53e88f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
 replay_pid*
+
+# IntelliJ IDEA files
+.idea/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed8c694..b9b7ac3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # java-concurrency
+
 This repository is a nutshell of concurrency problems or features in Java
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4709a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>co.fscotto</groupId>
+    <artifactId>java-concurrency</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>23</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>23</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/AtomicPrimitive.java b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/AtomicPrimitive.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ff8a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/AtomicPrimitive.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package co.fscotto.concurrency;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+public class AtomicPrimitive {
+    public static final Random RANDOM = new SecureRandom();
+    private static int counter = 0;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+        final Runnable writerTask = () -> counter = RANDOM.nextInt(1000) + 1;
+        final Runnable readerTask = () -> System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " read counter = " + counter);
+
+        Thread.ofPlatform().start(writerTask);
+        for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
+            Thread.ofPlatform().name("T" + 1).start(readerTask);
+        }
+
+        final var spinner = new Spinner(5);
+        Thread.ofPlatform().start(spinner);
+        for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
+            Thread.ofPlatform().name("T" + i).start(spinner::updateCurrent);
+            Thread.sleep(10L * i * RANDOM.nextLong(1, 100));
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Spinner update done.");
+    }
+
+    public static class Spinner implements Runnable {
+        private int currentValue;
+
+        public Spinner(int currentValue) {
+            this.currentValue = currentValue;
+        }
+
+        public int getCurrentValue() {
+            return currentValue;
+        }
+
+        public void updateCurrent() {
+            currentValue = RANDOM.nextInt(1000) + 1;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            while (true) {
+                try {
+                    System.out.println(getCurrentValue());
+                    Thread.sleep(1000);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    Thread.interrupted();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/Babble.java b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/Babble.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33b039e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/Babble.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package co.fscotto.concurrency;
+
+public class Babble extends Thread {
+    private static boolean doYield;
+    private static int howOften;
+    private final String word;
+
+    public Babble(String whatToSay) {
+        this.word = whatToSay;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        for (int i = 0; i < howOften; i++) {
+            System.out.println(word);
+            if (doYield)
+                Thread.yield();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        doYield = Boolean.parseBoolean(args[0]);
+        howOften = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
+        for (int i = 2; i < args.length; i++) {
+            new Babble(args[i]).start();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/Friendly.java b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/Friendly.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce315c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/Friendly.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package co.fscotto.concurrency;
+
+public class Friendly {
+    private final String name;
+    private Friendly partner;
+
+    public Friendly(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    // Fix deadlock without synchronized on method signature
+    //public synchronized void hug() {
+    public void hug() {
+        System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " in " + name + ".hug() trying to invoke " + partner.name + ".hugBack()");
+        synchronized (this) {
+            partner.hugBack();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public synchronized void hugBack() {
+        System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " in " + name + ".hugBack()");
+    }
+
+    public void becomeFriend(Friendly partner) {
+        this.partner = partner;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        final Friendly gareth = new Friendly("Gareth");
+        final Friendly cory = new Friendly("Cory");
+        gareth.becomeFriend(cory);
+        cory.becomeFriend(gareth);
+
+        new Thread(gareth::hug, "T1").start();
+        new Thread(cory::hug, "T2").start();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/HappensBefore.java b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/HappensBefore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dbbc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/HappensBefore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package co.fscotto.concurrency;
+
+public class HappensBefore {
+    private static int x;
+    private static volatile int g;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+        final Runnable run1 = () -> {
+            x = 1;
+            g = 1;
+        };
+        final Runnable run2 = () -> {
+            var r1 = g;
+            var r2 = x;
+            System.out.printf("r1 = %d, r2 = %d%n", r1, r2);
+        };
+
+        var t1 = new Thread(run1);
+        var t2 = new Thread(run2);
+
+        t1.start();
+        t2.start();
+
+        t1.join();
+        t2.join();
+
+        System.out.printf("x = %d, g = %d%n", x, g);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/MultiThreading.java b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/MultiThreading.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13ca54e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/MultiThreading.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package co.fscotto.concurrency;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Queue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+public class MultiThreading {
+    private static final AtomicInteger ATOMIC_COUNTER = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    private static final Object MONITOR_OBJ = new Object();
+    private static int counter = 0;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        final Runnable atomicRunnable = () -> {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
+                ATOMIC_COUNTER.incrementAndGet();
+            }
+        };
+//        final Runnable runnable = () -> {
+//            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
+//                counter++;
+//            }
+//        };
+        final Runnable runnable = () -> {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
+                synchronized (MONITOR_OBJ) {
+                    counter++;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        final var t1 = new Thread(runnable);
+        final var t2 = new Thread(runnable);
+
+        t1.start();
+        t1.join();
+
+        t2.start();
+        t2.join();
+
+        System.out.printf("The primitive counter is %d%n", counter);
+
+        try (final var pool = new ExecutorShutdownDecorator(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2))) {
+            pool.submit(atomicRunnable).get(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            pool.submit(atomicRunnable).get(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            System.out.printf("The atomic counter is %d%n", ATOMIC_COUNTER.intValue());
+        }
+
+        final var server = new PrintServer();
+        server.print(new PrintJob("work1"));
+        server.print(new PrintJob("work2"));
+        server.print(new PrintJob("work3"));
+    }
+
+    record ExecutorShutdownDecorator(ExecutorService executor) implements AutoCloseable {
+
+        public Future<?> submit(Runnable runnable) {
+            return executor.submit(runnable);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+            executor.shutdown();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public record PrintJob(String name) {
+    }
+
+    public static class PrintQueue {
+        private final Queue<PrintJob> queue = new LinkedList<>();
+
+        public synchronized void add(PrintJob job) {
+            queue.add(job);
+            notifyAll();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized PrintJob remove() throws InterruptedException {
+            while (queue.isEmpty())
+                wait();
+            return queue.remove();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class PrintServer {
+        private final PrintQueue requests = new PrintQueue();
+
+        public PrintServer() {
+            Runnable service = () -> {
+                while (true) {
+                    try {
+                        realPrint(requests.remove());
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                        throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            new Thread(service).start();
+        }
+
+        public void print(PrintJob job) {
+            requests.add(job);
+        }
+
+        private void realPrint(PrintJob job) {
+            // effettua la stampa
+            System.out.printf("Stampo il job %s%n", job.name());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/ShowJoin.java b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/ShowJoin.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..735711f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/co/fscotto/concurrency/ShowJoin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package co.fscotto.concurrency;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class ShowJoin {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        try {
+            CalcThread calcThread = new CalcThread();
+            calcThread.start();
+            doSomethingElse();
+            calcThread.join();
+            System.out.println("result is " + calcThread.getResult());
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            System.out.println("No answer: interrupted");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void doSomethingElse() throws InterruptedException {
+        Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5));
+    }
+}
+
+class CalcThread extends Thread {
+    private double result;
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        result = calculate();
+    }
+
+    public double getResult() {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private double calculate() {
+        return Math.random();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/co/fscotto/MultiThreadingTest.java b/src/test/java/co/fscotto/MultiThreadingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3482bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/co/fscotto/MultiThreadingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package co.fscotto;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class MultiThreadingTest extends TestCase {
+
+}