With a passion for open source and a drive to shape the future of automotive software, Michael Engel, Project Lead of Eclipse BlueChi , has become an active leader in the open source community. He collaborates within the Eclipse SDV Working Group to advance interoperable, software-defined vehicle solutions. In this...
Two cities, two challenges: ADAS feature prototyping and OTA updates The third edition of the Eclipse SDV Hackathon is just around the corner, and we’re excited to introduce the 2025 challenges. This year’s hackathon sharpens its focus with two well-defined challenges that offer clear objectives, comprehensive guidance, and more hands-on...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and ninety-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This is another short update due to the vacation period. After JCrete, I had a week of vacation where I was more or less totally off the grid. That also means that I haven’t written my JCrete 2025...
We are thrilled to announce that Eclipse Temurin has achieved a remarkable milestone: 700 million cumulative downloads ! This incredible growth trajectory has seen us reach 500 million downloads just nine months ago and 600 million in March 2025. This achievement is a testament to the community's trust and the...
In this month’s session, we spoke briefly about roles in the Eclipse Foundation Development Process that are formally defined (contributors, committers, and project leads) along with de facto roles like technical leads and product manager (spoiler: product manager is a role that doesn’t make sense in the context of vendor...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and ninety-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Not much to update this time since I was attending JCrete last week and is on vacation this week. The Jakarta EE Platform project is having a summer break from the weekly Platform Calls. The calls will resume...
Closed, proprietary AI stacks are reshaping developer tools: often at the expense of transparency, portability, and control. Eclipse Theia takes a different route: a fully open, extensible platform you can inspect, adapt, and deploy on your own terms, whether on the desktop or in the cloud. With Theia, you own...
The Adoptium Summit , a free half-day virtual event happening on 1 October 2025 , will bring together developers, users, and ecosystem stakeholders from around the world to explore the latest innovations in Java and showcase practical real-world use cases powered by Adoptium technologies. This year’s Summit will focus on...
Welcome to issue number two hundred and ninety-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! We are winding down for summer break. The platform project has decided to skip the next three weekly calls. The next call will be on August 26. The plan for Jakarta EE 12 is shaping up, and we...
Where we stand: a snapshot of Oniro’s first half of 2025 The first half of 2025 has been a period of foundational strengthening for the Oniro Working Group . We're not just building an operating system kit; we're crafting the tools that will redefine how devices interact, empowering developers to...