Ivar Grimstad's blog

It was my first time attending and speaking at THAT Conference. It is a three-day conference at the Kalahari Resorts and Convention Center in Round Rock, Texas. The original conference in Wisconsin has been going on for years, and this was the second time it was organized in Texas. It...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and fifty-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! As I mentioned in Hashtag Jakarta EE #157, the Steering Committee of the Jakarta EE Working Group has been working on defining high-level guidelines for Jakarta EE 11. The effort, led by Steve Millidge, concluded with the following...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and fifty-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! 2023 is a week old, and my first conference of the year is coming up! I am going to Texas to speak at THAT Conference in Round Rock, Texas. It is my first time attending this conference, so...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and fifty-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE, the first of many in 2023! Happy New Year! Let’s peek into the crystal bowl and check out what we can expect from 2023. The Conference Year 2022 was amazing! European conferences were more or less back at...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and fifty-six of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I realize that it is Christmas Day and hopefully most of you stay away from your devices for some electronic detox over the Holidays. This is the last Hashtag Jakarta EE in 2022. But don’t despair, I will...

I don’t think we will ever experience anything like 2022 regarding conferences. This was the year we all went back to meeting in person after the two dark years of the pandemic. As one of the privileged able to travel to speak at a significant number of conferences, I got...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and fifty-five of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Eclipse GlassFish 7.0.0 was released this week! It has been available as milestone builds for a couple of months, but not the final release is here. Congratulations to everyone involved in the release! Eclipse GlassFish is one of...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and fifty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The highlight of this week was obviously the fourth annual JakartaOne Livestream. We had so much fun hosting the event, and hope everyone watching had a great time as well! One of the videos we ran between the...

The fourth annual JakartaOne Livestream is a wrap! And what a show! I think it is safe to say that this was the best JakartaOne Livestream ever as we up our game from year to year. It kind of puts a little pressure on us for next year’s event, but...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and fifty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! JakartaOne Livestream 2022 is only a couple of days away. Check out the agenda and be prepared for a full day packed with great content! If you haven’t registered yet, this is the time to do so! Between...