As 2025 draws to a close, many of us find ourselves reflecting on a year of remarkable change and looking ahead to what lies beyond the horizon. The end of the year often brings a mix of reflection and anticipation, a time when the open source ecosystem pauses to take...
Since I already was in Paris to speak at the Paris JUG, I took the opportunity to attend Open Source Experience 2025 where Eclipse Foundation was a sponsor. It was great to be able to hang out with my colleagues and also help out a little at the booth. I...
2025 will be remembered as the year when digital sovereignty moved from a strategic ambition to a geopolitical priority worldwide . The global news cycle (marked by accelerated geopolitical realignments, renewed concerns about technological dependency, and disruptions in global supply chains) has made one thing clear: nations and industries need...
On Tuesday last week, I presented The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java at the Paris JUG. The event started with a talk by Greg Wilkins about how Jetty is Staying relevant with Open Source driven innovation after 30 years. This was a special event celebrating the 30-year anniversary...
Welcome to issue number three hundred and eleven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week I was in Paris where I spoke about Jakarta EE at the Paris JUG. I will post something about this in the upcoming week. I also attended the Open Source Experience while I was there. Expect...
We caught up with Haishi Bai, Principal Architect at Microsoft, whose career has been shaped less by a traditional path in automotive and more by a lifelong commitment to learning and open source innovation. Known for his contributions to Eclipse SDV projects like Eclipse Symphony and, of course, his talks...
Welcome to issue number three hundred and ten of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The conference year is getting closer to the end. Last week, I was in Ottawa for JakartaOne Livestream 2025 and next week I will go to Paris to speak at the Paris JUG as well as attend Open...
Forking VS Code gets you to market fast. Building on a platform gets you a product that lasts. Eclipse Theia is that platform. Over the last two years, a wave of "AI native editors" has launched on top of a fork of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code). Cursor says...
JakartaOne Livestream 2025 is a wrap! This was the seventh time we did the livestream, so we are getting used to it. This year we also had a professional production crew helping us out, and we also chose to switch platforms to stream on YouTube rather than what we have...
For more than a decade, Giving Tuesday has been a global day of generosity, a day when people come together to give, collaborate, and this year, the Eclipse Foundation is proud to participate by highlighting widely used open source software that powers your digital life. Open source technologies, from developer...