Blog Posts

This was my second time speaking at IBM TechXchange. First time was at the inaugural event in 2023 located in Las Vegas with around 2000 attendees. At this year’s event in Orlando, it had grown to around 9000 attendees. New this year was that the Java community track was organised...

Last week at the SDV Hackathon Chapter Three , a total of 102 participants gathered at Bosch Innovation Campus, Berlin, and at 42 Porto to build innovative features powered by software-defined vehicle (SDV) technologies. For the first time, the hackathon was held in two cities simultaneously – and it was...

At the start of the year, the Eclipse Foundation Security Team launched a new initiative aimed to enhance software supply chain security: “Implementing Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) for projects” . SBOMs are detailed inventories of a project’s components and dependencies, widely recognized as essential for supply chain security. They...

The second edition of dev2next was a fantastic experience. Located in beautiful Colorado Springs and with a speaker lineup other conferences can only dream of, this conference is the place to be. If you only can pick one conference to attend, dev2next should definitely be on your radar. I did...

As the Adoptium Program Manager, I’m thrilled to shine a spotlight on Bloomberg’s journey with us . Their story is a powerful example of what makes our community so special and a clear blueprint for other enterprises using open source Java. Bloomberg, a global leader in financial services, relies on...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and one of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am now in Colorado Springs waiting for my flight to Orlando. The dev2next conference was an amazing experience. So many great speakers, talks, and conversations. A blog post from the event is coming up shortly. The next event...

The results are in! The State of Enterprise Java: 2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey Report has just been released, offering the industry’s most comprehensive look at the state of enterprise Java. Now in its eighth year, the report captures the perspectives of more than 1700 developers, architects, and decision-makers, a...

Come To Code is a fantastic community event organized by a very dedicated Linux User Group in beautiful Pignola in the south of Italy. Despite the remote location, it gathered 180 eager attendees. This alone is an impressive accomplishment. The conference had two parallel tracks, as well as track dedicated...

Welcome to issue number three hundred of Hashtag Jakarta EE! In the beginning of this week I was in Madrid speaking and attending at Open Source Community Day 2025 before I continued to Italy for Come To Code in Pignola. I will soon publish a post of the last one. Next...

I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at Open Source Community Day 2025 in Madrid. This two-day event gathered attendees and speakers involved in EU research projects all over Europe. It is not my usual crowd, so it was interesting to see how this community works. I must...