I think I have found a new “home”

Sitting in a whiskey tasting room in Cologne, Germany all by myself taking a break eating a scone with butter and jam along with a nice coffee and they put Queen on the speakers…what’s not to love?

Later than hoped, but on May 22 the IBM Semeru Runtimes Open Edition for Java 22 is available for download. Have a blast with it! developer.ibm.com/languages/java…

Great collection of Java content you'll be very happy to follow!

A great opportunity to learn more about the most recent Eclipse @OpenJ9 release and to directly meet and hear from the developers and technical leads behind this incredible project!

Reminder that our community meeting is today at 10:30am ET if you want to drop by!

My Eclipse @OpenJ9 and IBM Semeru Runtimes talk at JCON 2024, looking at adoption and things we're doing to improve! Thanks again to JCON for the opportunity to present in a movie theatre!!

After 12 years at Red Hat, it’s time to move on. Tomorrow, July 4 is JRuby’s Independence Day! I’m going to need your help to keep the JRuby project going. Sign up for a sponsorship or contact me about commercial support today. JRuby needs you and so do I! ❤️

IBM has released FIPS 140-3 support bundled into IBM SDK for Java 8 and IBM Semeru Runtimes (both open and certified) for Java 11, 17, 21+ driven by our open source native crypto module based originally on OpenSSL. More details in this short blog: community.ibm.com/community/user…

FIPS 140-3 certified cryptography underneath our open source OpenJCEPlusFIPS JCE provider is now bundled with IBM SDK for Java 8 and IBM Semeru Runtimes for Java 11+ and ready for production use! More details here foojay.io/today/ibm-seme…

Look at that! Semeru Runtimes Open Edition for Java 23 release binaries are now available! See: github.com/ibmruntimes/se… . Open source with amazing work by OpenJDK and @OpenJ9 communities, built and tested by IBM!

Excited for #JCON EUROPE 2025? See @markuskett & Mark Stoodley at #JCON2025 in Cologne talking about 'Java's Ignored Potential: Supercharge Sluggy Database Applications with Java In-Memory Data Process' Struggling with sluggish traditional #databases and #Hibernate bottlenecks in

#Java starts slow? Let’s fix that. Join the Chief Archtiect for #Java at #IBM, Mark Stoodley , on his #workshop to explore #CRaC, #JIT caching, class sharing & more to supercharge your startup time. No more waiting for your app to wake up. 🎟️ just €19: 2025.europe.jcon.one/tickets

Learn from the chief architect for Java at IBM, Mark Stoodley at JCON

Why are people already discussing #JCON2026 & #JCON USA? Because #JCON2025 set new standards: cinema + code, #GenAI, mentoring, true community, great speakers & more! 👉 What made it special & what’s next: javapro.io/2025/05/30/cin… Sharat Chander @sharatchander.bsky.social Mark Stoodley Bruno Souza Markus Kett

Three talks you should not miss, and I am honoured and grateful to have participated in one of them alongside Markus Kett !