Ivar Grimstad's blog

This was my second time in Nürnberg for Developer Week. The last time I spoke here was in 2017, except for an online talk in 2021. If I should estimate, the conference this year was about half the size of what it used to be, which is pretty normal nowadays...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Jakarta EE 10 isn’t quite released yet, but that doesn’t stop us from celebrating the release. Check out the recording of the Jakarta EE 10 Release Celebration if you weren’t able to join us live last Tuesday. The...

Devoxx Poland is a great conference! The venue is located near Kraków city center within walking distance of most hotels and restaurants. With almost 3000 participants, even the large ICE Kraków Congress Centre gets crowded. But with the warm sunny weather and ice cream served outside, that was never an...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I was back in Kraków for Devoxx Poland. I have been to most Devoxx conferences before, but this was my first visit to Devoxx Poland. It is a great conference at the modern Kraków Congress Center...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and twenty-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The conference season continues. I represented Jakarta EE this week at the We Are Developers World Congress in Berlin. Next week, I am heading to Kraków and Devoxx Poland. But before that, I will be participating in Jakarta...

We Are Developers in Berlin is a massive event! It’s been a long time since I have been among so many people in one place. This would be considered a big crowd even by pre-pandemic standards. My talk Get Ready for Jakarta EE 10 was scheduled as one of the...

JNation is an awesome, community-focused conference located in beautiful Coimbra, Portugal! More than 800 attendees showed up for this one-day event. You can see a majority of them up on stage after the opening keynote in the image below. This time, I was accompanied by Tanja on stage. In our...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and twenty-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The ballot for Jakarta Security 3.0 will conclude tomorrow. This means that all of the individual specifications that are a part of Jakarta EE 10 are approved! So when can we expect Jakarta EE 10 ( Platform, Web...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and twenty-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The work with Jakarta EE 10 goes on. The release review ballot for Jakarta Security 3.0 is ongoing, and the pull requests with draft specifications for Jakarta EE 10 Platform, Jakarta EE Web Profile 10, and Jakarta EE...

No conferences are the same, and a stage is not always a stage. It can be everything from regular stages in conference centers, really big screens in cinema complexes, and regular meeting rooms to setups where the audience is located behind you, or the stage is made of ice (gets...