Ivar Grimstad's blog

On Tuesday last week, I presented The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java at the Paris JUG. The event started with a talk by Greg Wilkins about how Jetty is Staying relevant with Open Source driven innovation after 30 years. This was a special event celebrating the 30-year anniversary...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and eleven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week I was in Paris where I spoke about Jakarta EE at the Paris JUG. I will post something about this in the upcoming week. I also attended the Open Source Experience while I was there. Expect a...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and ten of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The conference year is getting closer to the end. Last week, I was in Ottawa for JakartaOne Livestream 2025 and next week I will go to Paris to speak at the Paris JUG as well as attend Open Source...

JakartaOne Livestream 2025 is a wrap! This was the seventh time we did the livestream, so we are getting used to it. This year we also had a professional production crew helping us out, and we also chose to switch platforms to stream on YouTube rather than what we have...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am currently in Ottawa with Tanja and Shabnam preparing JakartaOne Livestream 2025. This is the seventh edition of JakartaOne Livestream, so you would assume we know what to do at this point. Which I guess we do. As...

Welcome to issue number three hundred and eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week, I spoke at Aviero Open Source Connect and Devoxx Morocco 2025. This concluded a very busy November for me. Conference season slows down in December, and I have only two events planned. First up is JakartaOne Livestream...

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...

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...