JavaOne is over. And it was a really good one.
Huge thanks to the Java DevRel team at Oracle.
Chad Arimura, Sharat Chander, Heather Stephens, Nicolai Parlog, Lize Raes, Jim Grisanzio, Billy Korando, Ana-Maria Mihalceanu, José Paumard, Melissa Jacobus, Denys Makogon, David Delabassee, Crystal Sheldon
You notice when people care about what they’re building here.
For me, the best part was the conversations.
Not the talks. The hallway track.
Talking directly to the people working on Java. Getting their unfiltered view. Hearing how things actually work and where things are going.
That’s the stuff you don’t get online.
Also - very well organized. And yes, the food was great (not comparable to JavaOne from 10 years)
I gave two talks around the Java ecosystem: The core idea was simple: Java can do a lot more than many people think. I showed how tools like OpenRewrite, Vaadin and EclipseStore help you move faster and get more out of your applications without throwing everything away.
And then there was the ribbon game.
Luiz Real and Ivar Grimstad took it seriously. Really seriously.
Just look at their badges.
Next stop is JCON Europe in April:
europe.jcon.one/
The Oracle team will be there. If you want to have these kinds of conversations, that’s the place.