Ivar Grimstad's blog

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...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I’m back in business after a refreshing vacation! First up is JavaLand next week. Not only will I participate in interviews, panels, and a Jakarta EE talk. I will also staff the Jakarta EE booth in the exhibition area...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This is the second vacation edition of Hashtag Jakarta EE and the last for this time as I will be back in full force at the end of next week. The monthly Jakarta EE Platform Architecture call was held...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty-six of Hashtag Jakarta EE! After a fairly busy start to 2023 with regard to conferences and travel, I am now taking some take off for vacation. And what better thing to do on your vacation than travel some more? Since I have switched...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty-five of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am writing this post while traveling home from ConFoo 2023. You can read all about it here. While I have been traveling, the work with Jakarta EE 11 goes on. The platform calls happen every Tuesday at...

My third time speaking at ConFoo was as pleasant as the previous two occasions. The three-day conference is packed with great content from a superb speaker lineup. The venue is perfectly scaled for the 720 attendees. And the food…OMG… the three-course lunches remind you that the conference is in Montreal...