I’m back in Tokyo again. This time for JJUG CCC 2025 Spring. This Cross Community Conference (CCC) is organised in twice a year and attracts around 1000 attendees every time. I was a speaker at the Fall edition last November, and now again on the Spring edition. Most of the...
Open source is often described as a global movement, but for developers like Christopher Lumu, it’s also deeply personal. Born and raised in Uganda and trained in Computer Science, Christopher found in open source not just a career path but a purpose – a way to serve his community, his...
We’re pleased to share that we’ve moved from planning to execution. The Cyber Resilience SIG’s deliverables plan has been expanded with clear, actionable projects, which will each be supported by a dedicated task force. This marks a significant milestone in our collective efforts to operationalise our goals. We invite all...
Carmen Delgado, Adoptium Program Manager and Shabnam Mayel, Senior Marketing Manager, Cloud Native Java are excited to announce the Eclipse Temurin Sustainer Program. With over 600 million downloads, Eclipse Temurin has become the leading community-driven open source JDK for mission-critical Java workloads, offering high performance, cross-platform compatibility, and enterprise-grade security...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The long-awaited release of Jakarta EE 11 Platform is imminent. The pull request with the material for the release review has been created by the Jakarta EE Platform project. Eclipse GlassFish passes the TCK on both Java SE...
Spring I/O 2025 was a great experience! It is an extremely well-organized conference with an awesome community. It was my second time as a speaker, and I will definitely send talk abstracts to the upcoming editions as well. It does not hurt that it is organized in Barcelona in May...
As part of Maintainer Month—a time to recognize and support the open source maintainers who keep our digital infrastructure running—Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) is hosting a special panel on 27 May. Among the featured speakers is Felix Reda, who will share insights in the session titled, “ The Cyber Resilience...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I have just returned from Spring I/O 2025 in Barcelona. A write-up from this conference will follow shortly. This was my last conference in May, so I have a couple of weeks break before the next one, which...
In honour of Maintainer Month, Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) will host a panel with GitHub on 27 May focused on one of the most pressing topics facing open source maintainers today.. Maarten Aertsen is among the expert speakers featured in the discussion, “ The Cyber Resilience Act and Open Source...
We are excited to announce that the Eclipse Foundation Security Team has conducted a Rapid Security Review of Eclipse SysON, the first review of our new initiative. A Rapid Security Review is a lightweight security assessment designed to help projects strengthen their overall security posture. It provides an easy to...