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The Jakarta EE Working Group conducted the first-ever Cloud Native Java Survey between July 11, 2024 and August 23, 2024 to gather insights on popular Java SE versions, Jakarta EE, and MicroProfile usage. The results from over 170 respondents left us with a number of important takeaways about the adoption...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting New York Java SIG as the first stop of my mini-tour of US North East Java User Groups. Around 20 members showed up for my presentation titled Jakarta EE Meets AI. It was my first time presenting at the New York Java User...

The working group for open source regulatory compliance

As usual, FOSDEM 2025 was associated with a bunch of fringe events happening before and after the crowded conference. Among them this year was the FOSS license and security compliance tools workshop, which discusses software composition analysis, supply chain, and dependencies, and I had the opportunity to listen to Michael...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and sixty-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week, I spoke at the Madrid JUG. We also had a panel where my colleagues at the Eclipse Foundation talked about the work they do to support the open-source community. Next week, I will go on a North...

Recent reports indicate that cybercriminals are exploiting the Windows DLL side-loading technique using the legitimate jarsigner.exe executable to propagate malware. This binary is commonly included in Java distributions such as Eclipse Temurin, which is also bundled with the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This has understandably raised concerns about the...

The Madrid JUG is organised together with the Madrid Groovy User Group. It is a great idea to combine user groups of similar tech areas, both for increasing attendance as well cross-pollinating between communities. The event started with my presentation titled Boost Performance and Developer Productivity with Jakarta EE 11...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and sixty-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! While the last pieces of the Jakarta EE 11 TCK are being put together, the topic of Jakarta EE 12 is really getting some traction in the Jakarta EE Platform Project. It is great to see the discussions around...

Software-defined vehicles sit at the crossroads of automotive and software development – two fields where, sadly, women have historically been underrepresented. The good news is that this convergence presents a unique opportunity to bridge the gender gap by joining forces, sharing experiences, and uniting talents from both domains. Automotive and...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and sixty-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am still enjoying time off in Indonesia, but will be back in business again this week. I am happy to see the Jakarta Config specification is finally gaining some momentum again. This is a specification we wanted included...