The second edition of dev2next was a fantastic experience. Located in beautiful Colorado Springs and with a speaker lineup other conferences can only dream of, this conference is the place to be. If you only can pick one conference to attend, dev2next should definitely be on your radar.
I did my presentation titled The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java on Thursday morning. It went very well all the way up to the last demo where I discovered that my Open AI credits had been used up. I was a bit surprised, and still don’t really understand how I have consumed it all since I only use it for demos and last time I checked I still had $4.91 left of my initial $5.00. Maybe they have changed their charge model or something. Anyway, I have filled it up with additional $6.00 for my upcoming demos. Apparently, they also changed the minimum amount from $5 to $6. I guess the AI companies have to make money somewhere…
On the Friday after the conference, the speakers that were still here took the Cog Railway up to the summit of Pikes Peak. The summit is 14.115′, which translates to approximately 4300m. During the conference breaks, I was also able to explore the nearby trails for a #runWithJakartaEE.
