Ivar Grimstad's blog

Welcome to the thirteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! EclipseCon 2020 is added to the long list of events that transforms into a virtual event this year. For those with an eye for detail will notice that the conference has changed the name from EclipseCon Europe to simply EclipseCon. The...

A new Studio Jakarta EE recording is available! In this snippet, I go through the new navigation elements added to the specifications part of the Jakarta EE website. Specifically, links to the Eclipse Project pages and an external webpage if that exists. A trivia at the end. Which year did...

As I wrote in my latest #Hashtag Jakarta EE. I just started a new YouTube channel called Studio Jakarta EE. Since I totally forgot to introduce myself in the first video, I uploaded a new one today to correct that. This short video also features Duke as my distinguished guest...

Welcome to the twelfth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I should have been speaking at JavaLand, one of my favorite conferences. But as you are aware of, this conference was added to the long list of cancelled events this spring. Being a Developer Advocate normally involves a lot...

Welcome to the eleventh issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It’s been a special week. But at least, in our industry, we are pretty well equipped and used to remote working. Let’s just cross our fingers and hope that the measures taken will get the situation under control and we can...

Welcome to the tenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Join me in celebrating the 10th issueversity of this series! I can’t believe we’re already at 10. In the MicroProfile Hangout this week, the discussion around technical alignment with related technologies and standardization efforts (such as Jakarta EE) continued. Two approaches...

Welcome to the ninth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I had the pleasure of speaking at ConFoo in Montreal. It was my second time speaking at this conference. This was the 18th edition and the number of attendees has increased every year. 839 registered attendees this year! My...

Welcome to the eigth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I was at Devnexus in Atlanta. This awesome conference organized by the Atlanta Java User Group has established itself as the place to be if you are a Java developer. This year with 2400 attendees and an amazing line-up...

Welcome to the seventh issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! One of the most common questions I get when talking about Jakarta EE is: “How can I help?”. Well, here is a suggestion: The post “ Help wanted: improved signature test tool” by Bill Shannon on the Jakarta EE Community mailing...

Welcome to the sixth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! On the fun side, I was made aware that my shoutout for the Hashtag series may be a little confusing as you can see in my conversation with Ronnie Zolverda. I didn’t want to use #5 to indicate number 5 since...