Ivar Grimstad's blog

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...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am back from the JCP Executive Committee meeting in Singapore where we also participated in the Java Heroes Mini Conference organized by Singapore JUG. The conference started with a panel of all JCP EC Members, myself included...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I just came home from Devnexus where I had a great time as you can read about in Devnexus 2023. Next week, I am going to Singapore for the first face-to-face meeting in the Java Community Process Executive Committee...

Devnexus is one of the absolute highlights of every conference year, and the 2023 edition was no exception. It truly is the place to be for the Java Community. In addition to the dedicated Jakarta EE track featuring two days packed with amazing talks, we also had a booth where...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The Jakarta EE Platform Project has started organizing the issue tracker for Jakarta EE 11. Issues that are relevant to Jakarta EE 11 are marked with the EE11 label. It is time for the Monthly Jakarta EE Platform Architecture...

Next week is the week of Devnexus 2023! And the conference this year features a dedicated track to Jakarta EE that is packed with amazing content from world-class speakers. Not only the Jakarta EE Track, the conference has an amazing lineup as always. This is one of the reasons why...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Java 20 was released on Tuesday this week! As with the previous releases, Java 20 comes with a small set of features. Which is natural given the 6-month release cadence. Virtual Threads (JEP 436) from Project Loom is...

This was my ninth JavaLand! Since the conference was canceled in 2020, I have spoken at every JavaLand since it started in 2014, including the online edition of 2021. It is safe to say that it is one of my favorite conferences, and I hope to return again and again...