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 - [Data-Oriented Programming](src/test/java/pl/mperor/lab/java/idiom/DataOrientedProgrammingTest.java)
 - [Records in Depth](src/test/java/pl/mperor/lab/java/idiom/RecordsInDepthTest.java)
+- [Modern Collections](src/test/java/pl/mperor/lab/java/idiom/ModernCollectionsTest.java)
 
 ### Quirks 🤔
 
diff --git a/FirstSteps/src/test/java/pl/mperor/lab/java/idiom/ModernCollectionsTest.java b/FirstSteps/src/test/java/pl/mperor/lab/java/idiom/ModernCollectionsTest.java
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+package pl.mperor.lab.java.idiom;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class ModernCollectionsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testListOfIsImmutableAndNullHostile() {
+        var names = List.of("Ann", "Bob");
+        Assertions.assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> names.add("Cid"));
+        Assertions.assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> List.of("Ann", null), "List.of() rejects null elements outright");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testListCopyOfTakesAnImmutableSnapshot() {
+        var mutable = new ArrayList<>(List.of("Ann", "Bob"));
+        var snapshot = List.copyOf(mutable);
+
+        mutable.add("Cid");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(2, snapshot.size(), "copyOf() took a snapshot, unaffected by later changes to the source list");
+        Assertions.assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> snapshot.add("Dee"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnmodifiableListIsALiveViewNotASnapshot() {
+        var mutable = new ArrayList<>(List.of("Ann", "Bob"));
+        var view = Collections.unmodifiableList(mutable);
+
+        mutable.add("Cid");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(3, view.size(), "unmodifiableList() wraps the same backing list, so it reflects later changes");
+        Assertions.assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> view.add("Dee"), "only direct mutation through the view is blocked");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStreamToListIsImmutableWhileCollectorsToListIsMutable() {
+        var fromStream = Stream.of("Ann", "Bob").toList();
+        Assertions.assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> fromStream.add("Cid"), "Stream.toList() guarantees an unmodifiable result");
+
+        // Collectors.toList() makes no mutability guarantee; it happens to return
+        // a mutable ArrayList today, which is exactly why Stream.toList() exists.
+        var fromCollector = Stream.of("Ann", "Bob").collect(Collectors.toList());
+        fromCollector.add("Cid");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(3, fromCollector.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSequencedCollectionGetFirstGetLastAndReversedOnList() {
+        List<String> ranking = List.of("Gold", "Silver", "Bronze");
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals("Gold", ranking.getFirst());
+        Assertions.assertEquals("Bronze", ranking.getLast());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(List.of("Bronze", "Silver", "Gold"), ranking.reversed(), "reversed() returns a view in reverse encounter order");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSequencedCollectionOnLinkedHashSetPreservesInsertionOrder() {
+        var visited = new LinkedHashSet<>(List.of("Warsaw", "Berlin", "Paris"));
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals("Warsaw", visited.getFirst());
+        Assertions.assertEquals("Paris", visited.getLast());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(List.copyOf(visited.reversed()), List.of("Paris", "Berlin", "Warsaw"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSequencedMapOnLinkedHashMapExposesFirstAndLastEntries() {
+        var scores = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
+        scores.put("Ann", 10);
+        scores.put("Bob", 20);
+        scores.put("Cid", 30);
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals("Ann", scores.firstEntry().getKey());
+        Assertions.assertEquals("Cid", scores.lastEntry().getKey());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(List.of("Cid", "Bob", "Ann"), List.copyOf(scores.reversed().keySet()), "reversed() on a SequencedMap flips iteration order, not insertion order");
+    }
+}