Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week I was at Dominican Republic where I spoke at JConf Domincana in Santo Domingo. You can read all about it in my blog post from the eventConf Dominicana. Earlier in the week, before I traveled, we...
I had the pleasure of speaking at JConf Dominicana for the second time. Last year, I had a workshop with Eudris Cabrera, and had to leave shortly after to go to the next conference. This year, I was able to stay for the entire conference. It started with a workshop...
Last year, something magical happened. Hundreds of open source developers, contributors, and community champions from around the globe gathered for the first-ever Open Community Experience (OCX) in Mainz, Germany. What started as a humble idea – to celebrate open collaboration , turned into a vibrant, electric tech event, full of...
It’s that wonderful time of the year again, when code meets cars, and community meets creativity: The Eclipse SDV Hackathon is back! This time, it’s happening in two cities simultaneously, from 30 September to 2 October, 2025. Can’t wait to sign up? Great news: Registration is now open ! I...
We’re excited to announce Code and Compliance Community Day 2025 , a two-part event taking place October 22–23, 2025 , in Brussels, Belgium . This new event builds on the momentum of recent community gatherings and ongoing collaboration around open source and regulatory compliance. Designed to support the growing Open...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! July has usually been a fairly calm month when it comes to conferences for me, but the last two year this seems to have changes a bit. The two distinct “conference seasons” are spreading out throughout the year...
WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin is a massive event. It is located at the huge Messe Berlin with two exhibition halls, and 13 parallel tracks. Most of the stages are located near, or in the expo. Usually, I don’t like this much since there is so much noice, even with...
Eclipse S-CORE Spotlighted in German Audio Formats – Catch Up with the English Summary Last week, two prominent German-language automotive podcasts discussed the landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on June 24, 2025, by 11 leading automotive companies. Supported by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), the MoU...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Summer is upon us, and the activity of most open source projects slows down a little. Jakarta EE is no exception. Now that Jakarta EE 11 finally is released, the focus of the Jakarta EE Platform project is...
In this edition of our Meet the SDV Committers series , we spotlight Elena Gantner , committer to the Eclipse S-CORE project and an emerging voice in the software-defined vehicle (SDV) space. From her beginnings as a backend developer to her current role working on vehicle diagnostics at Mercedes-Benz Tech...