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This was my eight visit to Morocco and second time to Marrakech. Devoxx Morocco is one of my absolute favorite conferences and the 2025 edition was no exception. The relaxed vibe of this conference is awesome, the food is excellent, not to mention the location. This year, Rustam and I...

Last week, I was invited by my colleagues at Eclipse Research to do a talk at Aveiro Open Source Connect. Rosaria and André opened the show with an introduction to Open Source best practices, licenses, and how Eclipse Research helps in EU Research projects. I followed up with at talk...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I participated in two events. First up was Aveiro Open Source Connect where I talked about how we develop specifications at Eclipse Foundation in general, and Jakarta EE specifically. From there, the journey continued to Marrakech and...

TL;DR - Registration for OCX26 is officially open! Join us in Brussels from 21–23 April 2026, and grab your early bird discount before 6 January. Don’t miss the chance to be part of the future of open collaboration. The heartbeat of open source At the Eclipse Foundation, openness is more...

We’re excited to announce that the call for proposals deadline for Open Community Experience (OCX) 2026 has been extended to 19 November, giving you an extra week to join our exceptional speaker lineup . As we prepare to welcome the global open source community to Brussels on 21–23 April 2026...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and six of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I have been home a couple of days now since my trip to Auckland for ChurConf. Next week, I will be participating in two events. First stop is Aveiro, Portugal where I will speak at Aveiro Open Source Connect...

In our recent open letter and blog post on sustainable stewardship of open source infrastructure, we called on the industry to take a more active role in supporting the systems and services that drive today’s software innovation. Today, we’re excited to share a powerful example of what that kind of...

ChurConf is the a kid on the block when it comes to conferences. CurConf 2025 was the first edition. The single track conference, arranged by some of the folks behind JPrime, took place on Sunday, November 2 in Auckland, New Zealand. If was a full day of excellent talks presented...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and five of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am currently in Auckland, New Zealand to talk about Jakarta EE at the inagural ChurConf 2025. I will write more about ChurConf after the conference. The Jakarta EE Platform project has set a date for Milestone 2 of...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week started with a trip to Kraków to present Jakarta EE at JDD 2025. After that, I stopped by the {code and compliance} 2025 event organized by the Open Regulatory and Compliance Working Group. It is very rewarding...