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The 10th edition of Devoxx UK was just as awesome as the previous ones. Even with train strikes looming over London, the attendance was, by my guesstimate, somewhere around 1200. This was my fourth speaking appearance at the conference since 2016, It is always a pleasure coming back to London...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-five of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am home from an absolutely amazing Devoxx Greece 2023! The 1200 of you that were there know what I am talking about. But don’t despair if you weren’t able to attend this conference. A new opportunity comes up...

Devoxx Greece 2023 was the first time Devoxx was arranged in Greece. The conference has been around for a couple of years as Voxxed Days Athens and stepped up to become a part of the Devoxx family this year. The 1200 attendees show that this was the right step to...

Last week, we presented the OSC Report, revealing the data behind our call to accelerate the adoption of Open Services Cloud (OSC) in Europe. We held incredible and thought-provoking discussions about the importance of creating technical opportunities and unlocking the European cloud services market. By overcoming the challenges of the...

Already got enough T-shirts, you say? Well, I will tell you a secret…You can never have enough T-shirts! And here’s an opportunity to get an exclusive one. It is as simple as this: Complete the 2023 Jakarta EE Developer Survey to enter the draw for a T-shirt! The 2023 edition...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Conference season is upon us. Last week, I visited Bangalore, India to speak at GIDS 2023. This week I am going to Athens, Greece to speak at Devoxx Greece 2023. This is the first time Devoxx takes place in...

This was my third trip to Bangalore and the Great International Developer Summit 2023, or GIDS for short (I also did an online talk in 2020, but I don’t count those any longer…). GIDS is a well-organized conference over four days with around 1200 attendees every day, some attending one...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I wrote in Hashtag Jakarta EE #172 that presented How To Be a Responsible Open Source Cicizen at the Java Heroes Mini Conference in Singapore last week. Take a look at this amazing drawing by Jérôme Bourgeon that summarizes...

Cloud services represent a key market for the competitiveness and digital sovereignty of the European Union. Accounting for more than 200 B€ in 2022, European cloud services have a potential for further annual growth of 14% over the next decade. But only if we tackle the existing challenges – if...

The Jakarta EE Working Group has launched the 2023 Jakarta EE developer survey on 14 March. Now in its sixth year, this is the Enterprise Java ecosystem’s leading survey with thousands of developers sharing their insights from around the globe. The purpose of the survey is to gain a better...