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My visit to beautiful Kraków for GeeCON 2024 was a pretty short one since it was the second conference I spoke at in two days. And I wasn’t the only speaker taking the route between Köln and Kraków, or the other way around. That’s how it is during conference season...

JCON Europe is a four-day Java conference attracting speakers from all over the World and Java developers from all over Germany. The venue is a cinema complex located centrally in Cologne (Köln), Germany. This year, Eclipse Foundation had a booth at a very prominent location where the Java-related working groups...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and twenty-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am speaking at two conferences in the upcoming week. First out is JCON Europe in Cologne, Germany where I am talking about how Jakarta EE 11 can boost your performance and developer productivity. Come to this session to...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and twenty-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It is May already! It feels like 2024 is just flying by. Those of you following these updates the last couple of weeks may have noticed a fair amount of specifications lingering in the “About to start” state...

Improved Performance in Theia IDE Earlier, Matthew Khouzam and I wrote and article about the hard work that went into a Eclipse Theia IDE delivers a noticeable boost in performance over the “Theia Blueprints” releases 3 months ago. This is a look into recent work to instrument, measure, and ultimately...

The countdown to Open Community Experience (OCX 2024) is on! The conference will take place 22-24 October in Mainz, Germany and we’re so excited to have you join us. As this is OCX’s inaugural event, we wanted to give you a behind-the-scenes look at OCX and the collocated events. The...

Hey Eclipse Community! I am excited to announce the launch of the Eclipse Foundation Conduct Committee ! As steward of one of the most vibrant and dynamic open source communities, the Eclipse Foundation recognises the importance of fostering an inclusive, respectful, and safe environment for all participants. The establishment of...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and twenty-six of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week I was in India speaking at GIDS. It is a great conference that I keep returning to. For the next month, I will be touring conferences in Europe where I will be speaking at JCON Europe, GeeCON...

My fifth time speaking at GIDS was just as good as the previous ones. The conference has an amazing lineup of high-profile speakers, so it is a great honor to be among them. This year, the conference had 5400 attendees spread over four days with five parallel tracks. I had...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and twenty-five of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I will be in the air on my way to India for my fifth appearance at GIDS when this post is published. I look forward to meeting the Indian Java community again! Milestone 2 of Jakarta EE 11 has...