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The first stop on the North America JUG Tour 2023 was Columbus where we visited the Central Ohio Java User Group. The meetup was hosted at the office of Manifest Solutions and the turnout was around 30-40 people. I admit I didn’t count, but that’s the feeling. There were also...

I am happy to announce that Aurélie Caron has joined the Eclipse Foundation as the Senior Manager, Event Operations and Strategy. In this role, Aurélie will lead the Eclipse Foundation’s Events team to plan and execute virtual, hybrid and in-person event experiences for our global community of committers, contributors, users...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and ninety-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It has been a busy week for me. First, I went to Las Vegas for IBM TechXchange 2023. Less than two hours after my talk ended, my flight took off for New York and the JCP Executive Committee Face-to-Face...

The Java Community Process (JCP) was founded in New York 25 years ago, so it only made sense to kick off the 25-year anniversary celebrations when the JCP Executive Committee (JCP EC) met in New York. The JCP EC had its second face-to-face meeting of 2023 in New York this...

Today, the Eclipse Foundation released the results of our security audit for Eclipse JKube, a collection of tools for building Java applications that can be deployed to a cloud environment. Findings from the audit have been addressed in the 1.13 release leading to a new feature. This audit included a...

The inaugural IBM TechXchange occurred at MGM Grand in Las Vegas from September 11 to September 14 with a respectable attendee count of somewhere around 3000. I was invited to speak there and did a talk with Emily as a co-speaker. It would be an exaggeration to claim that the...

Exciting things are happening in the Java world, and Eclipse Temurin is leading the way. The Adoptium Working Group has recently launched a new web page to recognize Eclipse Temurin adopters and users. If you’re a Temurin user, this is your chance to be part of something meaningful that supports...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and ninety-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week’s trip to Amsterdam and the Picnic Java Meetup was a success. Next up is IBM TechXchange in Las Vegas. While I am on the other side of the Atlantic, I am going to have a pretty busy...

I initiated my Fall 2023 Conference season with a short trip to Amsterdam to speak at Picnic Java Meetup. There were two talks on related topics. I did a talk on how to migrate from Spring Boot 2 to Spring Boot 3, focusing on the part Jakarta EE plays in...

Cloud Developer Survey results, Embedded SIG evolution, Contributor awards to STMicroelectronics and Mark Sujew, Theia, JKube, and JBOSS releases.