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JPrime in Sofia is one of my favorite conferences. The event has two tracks, which means that you always have a good crowd even if there is a superstar speaker in the other room at the same time. The venue has a big outdoor patio and is surrounded by a...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and thirty of Hashtag Jakarta EE! There was good progress this week in getting the release reviews for Jakarta EE 11 specifications underway. Nine specifications have been approved, five are under review, and two are ready and waiting for the Jakarta EE Specification Committee to...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of presenting at the Berlin-Brandenburg Java User Group. The event was conveniently located near Berlin Hauptbahnhof. The around 25 attendees got to see the premiere of a brand new talk I have prepared for Spring I/O next week. The talk is titled Why Spring Matters...

I’ll let you in on a little secret about how to increase your chances of getting accepted to speak at a conference. It is as simple as this: Submit Early! Most conferences either accept talks on a rolling basis or have an expressed early-bird acceptance. Since most speakers tend to...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and twenty-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It was a busy week for me with two conferences back-to-back. First out was JCON Europe 2024 in Cologne, Germany followed by GeeCON 2024 in Kraków, Poland. Both these conferences are very well organized and excellent for networking, and...

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...

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...