Ivar Grimstad's blog

Welcome to issue number two hundred and forty-six of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week was all about visiting Java User Groups for me. Speaking at four JUGs in four different cities, in four different states in four days involves a lot of travel. And a lot of pizza. The standard menu...

The fourth stop on the US South JUG Tour 2024 with Jakarta EE as at the event at the St. Louis Java User Group. I did the Jakarta EE 11 presentation sprinkled with a couple of AI demos here as well. The St. Louis JUG currently runs their events as...

Third stop on the US South JUG Tour 2024 with Jakarta EE was Dallas and JavaMUG. This time I had chosen a hotel within walking distance from the venue. At least for a Norwegian. I am not so sure if 30 min walk is considered walking distance in Texas, but...

The second stop of the US South JUG Tour 2024 with Jakarta EE was Jacksonville Java User Group, or JaxJUG, for short. This time, I was very careful making sure that the address I gave to the Uber was the correct one and made it to the venue 10 minutes...

I had the great pleasue of speaking at Triangle Java User Group yesterday. It was the first time I did this presentation titled Jakarta EE meets AI. It is a very demo heavy presentation, so lots of things can go wrong, but the demo gods were with me this time...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and forty-five of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I have some good news regarding the progress of refactoring the Jakarta EE 11 Platform TCK. According to the team, they are now about 50% done and is starting to see the finishing line with more confidence. I hope...

Next week, I am going overseas on tour with Jakarta EE. I will visit a handful of Java User Groups in the South of the USA. The tour schedule looks like this: September 9 – 6:00 PM – TriJUG – Durham, NC – Details and registrationSeptember 10 – 6:00 PM...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and forty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week was very productive for the TCK Project. Different options for how to be able to deliver Jakarta EE 11 was discussed. Among those a hybrid approach to require parts of the TCK to be run the old...

Welcome to issue number two hundred and forty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Even if progress is being made with refactoring the Jakarta EE Platform TCK, the effort is in desperate need of more resources to complete the work in a timely matter. If you have any experience with TCK work, your...

When I got the opportunity to be a part of the LAOUC Community Tour 2024 with two talks in Paraguay, I immediately accepted. This was my first visit to the country. It is not the first destination that comes to mind, and I had to google what the name of...