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This year’s Jfokus was probably the busiest I have had. My schedule filled up even though I didn’t have a talk at this year’s conference. This year, I joined the group of volunteer stage hosts, so I had the pleasure of introducing speakers in one of the rooms on Wednesday...

FOSDEM is a very special kind of event, and the 2006 edition was no exception. It is organised at a university campus, it is free for attendees, and there is a massive amount of exhibitors that are involved in open source in one way or the other. It is the...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and eighteen of Hashtag Jakarta EE! As I write this, I am in Brussels for FOSDEM’26. Stay tuned for an update from this conference in a separate post shortly. Fun fact is that I am sitting in exactly the same place in the lobby of...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and seventeen of Hashtag Jakarta EE! My first Jakarta EE presentation of 2026 was at Valencia JUG this week. This was the second time the JUG met after the restart after the pandemic. I wasn’t the only one presenting, as I was there with a...

On Tuesday this week I presented The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java at the Valencia JUG. In addition to my talk, we also had a short presentation from Tanja about how to contribute to Jakarta EE as well as a panel of Eclipse Foundation colleagues presenting what we...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and sixteen of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The conference speaking season is starting up again. My first talk of the year will be at Valencia JUG where I will present The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java. After that, I will be attending FOSDEM in...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and fifteen of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The 27th of January, the date for Milestone 2 of Jakarta EE 12, is fast approaching. You can check out the status on the Jakarta EE 12 GitHub planning board. As you can see, there is still a lot...

As we begin the new year, it's a great time to reflect on what the Adoptium community accomplished in 2025. From ongoing releases and a redesigned website to the growing success of the Eclipse Temurin, 2025 was a year of growth, stability, and renewed commitment to delivering high-quality, open source...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and fourteen of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Happy New Year! My first post of 2026 will be very similar to the last of 2025. I hope everyone has had a wonderful couple of weeks of time during the Holidays. The first Jakarta EE Platform call will...

It is time to bid farewell to 2025 and welcome 2026. I was able to speak on five continents this year. We really should see if we can have a conference in Antarctica at some point. In addition to regular Java conferences and Java User Groups, I also attended and...