The document introduces Micronaut, a modern Java framework that leverages annotation processors and optimizations to compute infrastructure at compile-time, reducing startup time and memory usage. It highlights key Micronaut features like dependency injection, configuration, HTTP client/server, messaging, data access, security, and integration with GraalVM Native Image to compile applications ahead-of-time. The document also provides an overview of GraalVM and demonstrates how Micronaut applications compiled with GraalVM have very low resource usage and fast startup times.