Over the past two years, I’ve had the privilege of expanding my open source developer advocacy to include countries in the Global South — Brazil last year, and Nigeria this year. What struck me during these trips is that a country lagging behind wealthier, industrialised economies doesn’t mean being left...
Eclipse Collections is a wonderful library for Java developers that provides a rich… uh… collection (set? list? bag?) of data structures and algorithms that will serve your every need. Eclipse Collections offers alternatives to the standard Java Collections Framework with a focus on memory efficiency and speed; using Eclipse Collections...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and ninety-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week I was in Norway for JavaZone 2025 where I presented the talk titled The Past, the Present, and the Future of Enterprise Java. I have done this talk a couple of times, and even if the...
It’s been three years since last time I spoke at JavaZone, so it was very good to be back this year. The usual venue in downtown Oslo is under renovation, so the entire conference had relocated to Lillestrøm. It is just a 10 minute train ride north of Oslo, so...
A couple of weeks ago, I had the honour of representing the Eclipse Foundation at OSCAFest 2025 in Lagos, Nigeria, where I spoke at the Women in Open Source Brunch on August 16, 2025. This was not only my first public presentation, but also a milestone moment: the first time...
An interview with this year’s Eclipse SDV Hack MCs As the 2025 Eclipse SDV Hackathon approaches, we spoke with this year’s Hack MCs, Andre Bott of Bosch Digital and Christian Heissenberger of the Eclipse Foundation, about what drives their passion for hackathons, what excites them most about this year’s unique...
By Wayne Beaton Every once in a while, we get a request to make somebody a committer on one of our open source projects. These often come from companies that are already contributing to the project, and have either hired a new developer or reassigned an existing developer to work...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and ninety-six of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The Jakarta EE Platform calls started up again this week after a three week summer break. I see that we have been a bit slow in publishing the minutes. I will try to get that done as soon...
In October last year, we marked a key achievement: 20,000 followers on LinkedIn . Less than a year later, we are pleased to share that this number has grown to 30,000. This milestone reflects the continued support, engagement, and enthusiasm of the global community connected to the Eclipse Foundation. To...
The global open source community will gather in Brussels from 21 to 23 April 2026 for the Open Community Experience (OCX) 2026 . It isn’t just another conference; it’s where six open source communities collide to shape the future of software, developer tools, mobility, AI, compliance, and research. With one...